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Many of the machines in use are dedicated to separate operations. One for punching, another for wire or coil insertion, collating, etc. But the top-of-the-line for wire binding is the Renz Inline 750. The 750 uses Renz Ring Wire and can be linked to a Theisen & Bonitz sheet collator, which will deliver a fully-collated book set (including covers) to the 750. From there, each book set is punched, the wire is inserted, and the book is closed. For calendar applications, Renz has the KAS 300 IL calendar hanging tool. This unique module forms and shapes straight wire into the hangar shape and are automatically guided into the wire before closing. This eliminates a previous step of inserting the calendar hangar.

The effects are reverberating across the industry. This fall, W.W. Norton had to scramble to salvage an author’s book tour when they learned that books would not be available on his October publication date because the printers were overbooked. The author, James M. Scott, had more than a dozen events planned in October to promote his book, “Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita and the Battle of Manila,” but the printer could not deliver books until roughly a month later.

On Wednesday, October 10, Chiswick Auctions holds a sale of Autographs & Memorabilia, in 314 lots. Among the expected top lots are a December 1948 letter by Wallis Simpson (£5,000-7,000); a letter from Lord Nelson to Sir William Hamilton (£4,000-6,000); an original typed indictment from the Nuremberg Trials (£3,000-4,000); and a Charles Darwin letter to his cousin (£3,000-4,000).

Cheerleaders for grand fortune, predictably, claim the opposite. We all benefit, they argue, when the wealthy go shopping. Bold new products typically cost a pretty penny — and only wealthy consumers can afford them. By paying that high price, the wealthy give exciting new products a foothold in the marketplace. Eventually, this “product cycle” theory holds, the prices of these products will start falling, and everybody gets to enjoy them.

I also have a special place in my heart for my friend Molly Russakoff of Molly’s Books and Records in the Italian Market in Philadelphia. There the good stuff is actually on the shelves!

She cited as an example an order of 2,000 cookbooks for the Clay County Fair, the largest county fair in the state, held each September in Spencer.

The UK reached peak e-reader in 2014, when a quarter of UK book buyers owned one. Three years on that figure is back to only just over one-fifth as Britons have swapped their e-reading on to phones and tablets. Waterstones stopped selling the Kindle two years ago because they were “getting virtually no sales”.

Heat lentils to a boil in the broth. Cover and simmer until tender, yet holding their shape (about 20 minutes). Drain.

■2-inch binder (you can find binders with lovely designs at office supply stores or Target, or use a plain binder and cover it with pretty fabric secured to the binder with hot glue)

Back when she started at the Food Network, she thought all the shows were just men in big toques making mousse. But the network, in a stroke of brilliance, was transitioning the talent to home cooks, making ratings on the back of Rachael Ray and hungry for more—one of those decisions that seems obvious in retrospect but was likely much debated at the time. Those glory days may be ending now, but Ina is bigger than the show, A-list Hollywood guests or no. She’s got Facebook now. How much longer will she need TV?

May 1, 2018 the Custom Cookbook division of G&R Publishing formerly in Waverly Iowa will be merged with Print Express/Brennan Printing and will be called Cookbook Specialists. All of the cookbook production as well as our regular printing will be done at our Independence, Iowa location.

Texas County Library now has e-Books and audio books available to download for Texas County Library patrons. To view the catalog and download, go to our website:texascountylibrary.lib.mo.us, click on e-books, or come by the library for assistance. Texas County Library cards are required.