Field Notes | Dime New Edition

Field Notes simply announced their newest express edition notebook, (and their 36th), for the autumn of 2017, The Dime Novel Edition. An homage to an 1860s American publishing phenomenon.

"After lots of research, reaching out to experts, as well as purchasing a few examples from collectors, nosotros became obsessed alongside the shape of the Dime Novel; the typesetting, the printing, the compact size, the newspaper stock, as well as the sewn bindings."

The Dime Novel goes dorsum to the 1860s New York, where the Beadles brothers created these budget-friendly 100 page novels that were available at whatsoever newsstand as well as became quite pop as well as eventually topped 300 titles, each selling 35–80,000 copies.

Field Note's version reproduced the await of the Dime Novel as well as created a notebook inspired yesteryear the typesetting, compact size as well as iconic dusty-orange covers. Perfect for drawing, writing as well as note-taking, the 72 torso pages are Smyth-sewn inwards three, 24-page signatures alongside Coats Dual-Duty thread, thence securely glued into the cover.

Check out the video below where the folks at Field Notes visited the Northern Illinois University where at that topographic point is a really large collection of Dime Novels as well as like publications from that period:


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For to a greater extent than information on the novel Dime Novel Edition watch Field Notes online here.