In this now deleted post, I talked about wanting to write, if not balanced reviews, at least appreciations of some books on textiles that have mattered to me. (I’d even gone so far as to sign up with Powell’s and Amazon’s book-selling “associates” programs so as to get permission to use their bookcover photos.) And then I changed my mind, lost my enthusiasm for the project.

Partly because the permissions extended to cover photos only, leaving me only words to convey a book’s inner content. (A real handicap in cases where the book’s strength lies as much in its images as in its text!) I also felt uneasy about the conflict of interest inherent in praising books on which I stood to earn a commission, however small. So…no book reviews, at least for now.