catalog news
news and updates on catalog and digital public infrastructure for books.

Latest

Jan
21

Your 2024 in books, on catalog

Hey catalog friend, This is more overdue than one of those library books I've renewed the max number
1 min read
Dec
10

catalog news 009: the next catalog

Dear friends, Our team took some downtime from catalog over the last couple months and, unfortunately, our website did too.
2 min read
Jun
07

catalog news 008: A Book is a Piece of Wood

Dear reader, A word from catalog staff member Mark: A Book is a Piece of Wood Digital technology is constantly
2 min read
May
17

catalog news 007: beta launch and latest updates 🚀

Dear book person, It's been a little while and lots has happened in the life of catalog. In
4 min read
Mar
07

catalog news 006: voyagers of the mind

dear friends, we've just entered book two of middlemarch with our bluesky friends, which has been a lot
6 min read
Feb
28

catalog news 005: relearning to read in the 21st century again, again

Dear catalog friends, A few updates on the catalog app and roadmap, before I go into my main train of
12 min read
Jan
06

catalog news 004: a space for book people

(Did you get this post as an email, because you're on our email list? Don't miss
8 min read
Nov
13
catalog news 003: the book link

catalog news 003: the book link

dear friends, the world seems to be on fire – from firebombs to wildfires to dumpster fires, a relentless march of
7 min read
Aug
30

catalog news 002: elegy for big box bookstores

Though I live in Brooklyn today, I grew up in the deep suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area. Our
7 min read
Aug
10
a card catalog

catalog news 001: a catalog

hello friends, stewart brand wrote in how buildings learn "a building is not something you finish. a building is
3 min read