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Glenn Fleishman

Glenn Fleishman

How To Get Shipping Addresses from Kickstarter Backers

They’ve already given you money. Why won’t they just tell you where to send the item they bought?

Sep 23

Photo of an old, worn mailbox, green patina or paint, with its flag up, attached to a wooden fence. The word MAIL is on the front flap.

Sep 23

Glenn Fleishman

How We Crowdfunded $750,000 for a Giant Book about Keyboard History

At first sight, the idea of 1,216-page two-volume work on keyboards for $150 might seem like a heavy lift. But it was years in the making.

Jan 22

How We Crowdfunded $750,000 for a Giant Book about Keyboard History

Jan 22

Glenn Fleishman

Touching the Past on a London Visit: the Stanhope Molds and Plates

Synchronicity is real. With a trip to London already planned for last week, I booked a research visit to St Bride Foundation’s printing…

Jun 23, 2023

Touching the Past on a London Visit: the Stanhope Molds and Plates

Jun 23, 2023

Glenn Fleishman

A Visit to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

This post made possible in part by people who provide support for my writing at Patreon. Thank you!

Apr 15, 2023

Cover of the book Bill Blackbeard: The Collector Who Rescued the Comics

Apr 15, 2023

Glenn Fleishman

A Growth Industry: Typewriter Stores

Three typewriter stores operate within an hour’s drive on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, possibly the densest number in the world.

Mar 28, 2023

A Growth Industry: Typewriter Stores

Mar 28, 2023

Glenn Fleishman

A Brief NFT Explainer

…and why they are just as pointless as you think they are, environmental issues aside!

Jan 3, 2022

Jan 3, 2022

Glenn Fleishman

Reading the Reprintings: The Printer’s Side

Book collectors make a big deal about first editions. Often, their interest is not just the first time a work appears in print, but rather…

Feb 22, 2021

Reading the Reprintings: The Printer’s Side

Feb 22, 2021

Glenn Fleishman

Letter to PCC Markets Board of Directors

Dear board members,

Feb 3, 2021

Feb 3, 2021

Glenn Fleishman

Don’t Coffin Me, It’s Crackers

A joke went awry because of ligatures, an element of typography that’s one of the many things Gutenberg pioneered. But why?

Dec 26, 2020

Don’t Coffin Me, It’s Crackers

Dec 26, 2020

Glenn Fleishman

Yes! We Have Some Bananas

The public domain gained an entire year of material in 2019 and more is slated to come.

Nov 18, 2019

Yes! We Have Some Bananas

Nov 18, 2019

Glenn Fleishman

Glenn Fleishman

Technology journalist, editor, letterpress printer, and two-time Jeopardy! champion. I seem to know everyone #glenning

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