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> Dear Art Librarian,
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> Founded in 1976, Printed Matter, Inc. is the world's largest center
> dedicated the contemporary artists' book. An independent, non-profit
> organization, Printed Matter is both a retail center and a distributor
> for over 2,500 artists worldwide. In addition to dealing in artists'
> books we also stock a large selection of artists' periodicals, audio
> and video works, artists' projects on computer readable media, and
> source books on the historic medium of artists' publications. Printed
> Matter also deals in used and rare artists' books.
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> The primary mission of Printed Matter is to promote to the widest
> possible audience the appreciation, collection, distribution and
> understanding of artists' books and related publications.  In addition
> to providing distribution through retail and wholesale sales of
> artists' publications, Printed Matter also hosts a broad program of
> exhibitions, installations, book launches, artists' presentations,
> panel discussions, performances and video screenings. Through our
> programming of these events within our storefront space we aim to
> focus attention on contemporary artists' publications stocked by
> Printed Matter within the context of historic artists' publications
> and providing the necessary link to the contemporary art world at
> large.
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> In recent years artists, art professionals and the general public has
> begun to rediscover the artists' book for many of the same reasons for
> which it was developed in the 1960s - as an inexpensive and accessible
> medium for art and as a critical alternative space to the dominant
> forms of art and culture. As a precursor to the Internet as a broad
> means of communication, artists' books have played an important part
> in the development of many trends in contemporary art and should be a
> significant component of any special collection.
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> We would like to bring to your attention some of the special services
> that Printed Matter provides to libraries and archival collections.
> For active customers we can compile recommendations of artists'
> publications based on your description of what types of collections
> you are building or augmenting. On a quarterly or bimonthly monthly
> basis we can send you lists of new titles which might be of interest
> to you. We also provide a book search service for out-of-print
> artists' publication titles. Additionally, Printed Matter can provide
> standing orders for any of the artists' periodicals we carry, many of
> which are rare or hard to obtain from any other source.
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> We recently issued our Spring Flyer and we would love to send you a
> complementary copy. If you would like to receive a copy or if you are
> interested in utilizing any of our services please feel free to
> contact us. Thank you for your interest - we look forward to hearing
> from you.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Max Schumann                                  David Platzker
> Bookstore Manager, Printed Matter, Inc.               Director,
> Printed Matter, Inc.
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