David Horvitz's new book How to Shoplift Books falls somewhere between poetry and a more conceptual artist's book. The instructional text, variations on the simple mission of getting a book out of a book shop without paying, offers solutions like, "Tie the book to a dog, and walk out the dog out of the store," or, "Steal the book one page at a time from different stores." Despite a hardcover binding, Risograph printing, and the limited run of 100 copies, the publisher Automatic Books has kept the price of the book intentionally low. Automatic says it likes its releases to "remain affordable in order to facilitate the diffusion of artists’ works." [via Manystuff]
