The Notebook

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
by Roland Allen

Rights sold: Korea

Diaries, sketchbooks, common-places, notebooks, ledgers and ships logs: how the blank book changed the way we think and helped us change the world

Notebooks are everywhere, yet we rarely notice them and never stop to consider where they came from or how they work. We use them every day to scribble notes, remember dates, and list our chores, but an empty notebook has limitless potential; it gives us the space to re