New book collects the weirdest forgotten stories of printing history

In the 1800s, newspaper typesetters had a union-negotiated right to get paid for composing metal type that would be melted down unused. The practice was called "bogus" — and the Supreme Court upheld it. Glenn Fleishman's Flong Time, No See: Forgotten Stories of Printing and Labor, now on Kickstarter, is full of stories like this. — Read the rest

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