Why Collect Artist Books and Zines?

"Ownership is the most intimate relationship that one can have to objects. Not that they come alive in him; it is he who lives in them."  Brooklyn-based publisher and curator Blonde Art Books recently organized its third annual Bushwick Art Book and Zine Fair (BABZ). A three-day event, featured a few dozen independent publishers hawking their goods, plus workshops and performances throughout the weekend. What drives collectors to keep these venues running? What, or who, fuels the market?

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