Aw, no gratitude needed - I enjoyed the interaction. And thankyou for taking it on board, because this edit is much better! It's such a cool idea - I wonder at the path humanity took to revalue the printed word again, as it seems to be straying so far from that at the moment - @macchiata wrote something about that recently.
and only the finest stories would be imprinted
I wonder who would be in charge of deciding that - a panel I imagine! Controversial.
I remember a time where dog earring books was akin to murder. Now, no one seems to care - books are cheap, disposal, and worse, transcribed to binary.
I like the way you weave an appreciation of natural objects with your love of story. Excited to read the rest of the anthology x
I don't want to understand the selection panel either, only that I would be skilled or lucky enough for this mythical committee to find my work worthy. That is vanity, though. :D