Shift Happens (a book about keyboards) is available for early bird pricing on Kickstarter for the next 43 hours. It’s expensive at $125 + $25 for US shipping, but is an absolutely beautiful, gargantuan set. The book looks to be a great mix of current, vintage, and historical boards.
Some specs from the product page:
- 1,216 full-color pages split across two volumes
- 1,300+ high-quality photographs, including over 500 photos taken exclusively for this book
- 42 chapters covering 150 years of keyboard history
- 4 photos of keyboards using Comic Sans (the answer might surprise you)
I was a little hesitant to plunk down this much for a book, but there is a lot of in-depth information provided about the book regarding design, printing, materials, etc. on the Kickstarter page and the book’s website. The author also sounds like he has the design, research, and writing experience to make this a success. I’m excited for this one!
Edit: there’s a dedicated thread about this book here.