Want to try Coptic binding? Check out this CD-ROM, which provides step-by-step instruction.
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A book of beauty is a joy for ever . . . it will never pass into nothingness:

The mystery of the printed volume is as beautiful as it is burdensome to express.

(via the Literary Saloon)
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Yeshiva University has a gorgeous online exhibit featuring the “[t]he Prague Bible, an illuminated manuscript on vellum, was copied by the scribe Mattathias ben Jonah, of Laun, and completed in Prague on 28 Av 5249 [1489].”
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“Masters of the mint” is a really great article about Chris Madden, a U. S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing bank-note engraver. This has nothing to do with publishing or books, but it presents information on a detail-oriented, endangered art (similar to book arts).
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Page Turner: “Angela Grauerholz’s work is unanimously textual, whatever her medium of the moment – photography, installation, assemblage, design.” (via Rare Book News)
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It drives me crazy that the New York Times is the only newspaper to consistently offer such good articles. Here’s another one: Yellowing Paper, Stiffening Glue and the Sudden Demise of a Library.
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Gorgeous Greetings: Why DeLuce Design’s Cards are the A-list Choice:

Each card is printed by Jill on her antique Vandercook letterpress onto the highest quality 110lb, cotton card stock to enhance the tactile quality of the letterpress printing method. All pieces are then hand assembled by Jill herself for that extra personal touch. Many designs wrap from front to back and feature antique botanical patterns, cameo motifs and creative color combinations.

Do check out their website, too: DeLuce Design.
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The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore has consistently cool text-related exhibits. Right now they have an exhibit on illustrated legal manuscripts from the 12th-15th centuries, and starting in April they’ll have an exhibit of Stanley Sherman’s contemporary bookbindings.
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The Wall Street Journal has a neat article this week: Keeping Track of Miniature Books is No Small Feat.
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A pattern of creativity: “San Pedro artist re-examines her childhood to produce a book that catches the Getty Center’s attention.”
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Ever heard of the missing library of Iona.
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I’m not big on altered books, but Lisa Kokin’s art is pretty cool. Check out her portfolio.
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No Longer Innocent: Book Art in America 1960–1980 by Betty Bright