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February 3, 2010

Out of Print Clothing

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A lot of people wear a love of books on their sleeve -- carrying around a novel or two where ever they go, making literary references in casual conversation, possibly even naming their pets and children after beloved characters.

But did you know you can literally wear your favorite classic books on your shirt?

Out of Print Clothing makes T-shirts with vintage book covers -- including Moby Dick, Of Mice and Men and Catcher in the Rye --on the fronts. And even better, for every T-shirt they sell, they donate a book to Books for Africa, so that others can find their own favorite books.

According to the Web site, the company works with "artists, authors and publishers to license the content that ends up in our collections." So the ever-looming threat of copyright infringement need not worry loyal booklovers.

With Valentine's Day coming up, this might be the perfect gift for that reader in your life.

Posted by Nancy Knight at 1:30 PM | | Comments (2)
        

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Out of Print's ads started popping up on my blog after I posted about JD Salinger's death, so I clicked on one of them.

I love the shirts, but I wish they had more books. I would buy a ton of them!

Love it!

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.
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