The Good Book

The publication The Good Book is dedicated to the book that enriches our lives with a fulfilling cultural experience – due to its exceptional quality in terms of paper, workmanship and content. As an inspiration and guide, the publication provides detailed information on how to turn a commodity into an object of cultural value – through the highest quality paper, processing and bookbinding, all in harmony with nature.

In addition, international authors, designers, curators, readers, experts from publishing houses and specialty printers share in The Good Book their feelings of what books represent and what they love most about them.

The Journey from Paper to Book

What turns a book from a commodity into a cultural object which you can smell, feel and marvel at? A treasure you can pick up again and again to find something new?

In addition to inspiring statements and stories, The Good Book contains extensive information about what it takes to produce a high-quality book: the interplay and love for the craft from everyone involved in publishing, design, printing, book art and authorship. Paper that speaks to all the senses and is made in harmony with nature, and state-of-the-art processing technologies.

People have been refining the art of papermaking and bookmaking for almost 2000 years. To transform a book into a valuable item, everything needs to be considered down to the smallest detail: design, paper and workmanship can only be of the highest quality and matched to the content with sensitivity.

Paper is to a book what fabric is to a dress. It makes a book tangible and gives it its own scent. Everyone who loves books knows this feeling. The Good Book follows the long journey from the pulp fiber to the finished uncoated book paper with a natural surface that makes a book even more tangible for our senses.

The Good Book also describes how masterful bookbinding turns individual sheets of paper into unique objects.

The Good Book is printed on a variety of different paper types from the Munken book paper range – including two different shades and grammages between 70 to 150 gsm.