yesterday i heard from a bazillion people asking “did you hear about the ipad?!?!” so this morning i’ve got mac products on the brain. normally i’m pretty simple when it comes to lugging my macbook around (throw in bag, shove 2 scarves on either side to keep it from slamming into things) but when i heard from ashley at hither and thither about these cool “book covers” for your laptop i was instantly intrigued.
made of distressed leather, each “bookbook” is unique and is designed with dual zippers with leather pulls that look like bookmarks on first glance. you can keep your macbook charged while it’s protected because of the dual zippers (zip them to one side and leave a small space for your cord to plug in) or zip it up and carry it with you. i absolutely LOVE the idea of hiding your computer (something i never like looking at, despite its sleek design) inside of a book that looks like its been around for ages. for me, this is the perfect way to house something that looks a little too sleek and modern to match the rest of my house. click here for more information on bookbook and to place an order ($79.99). i think i may have to break out my credit card and make one of these my own. thanks to ashley for the tip!
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I love this but I couldn’t find the link! Would love one of these for my flatscreen too!
sorry guys, the link is up, i think i hit publish a tad too early. excitement! i just ordered mine in red :)
grace
coolest thing ever! I bet there will be a run on these after this post!!!!! I think I’m going to have to get one too! And wouldn’t it make a great man’s gift?
OH my gosh this is sooooo awesome! I want one!!
this is beautiful!! so creative and cute!
Fabulously steam punk!
Very cool…
Nic
Grace – what happened to your Twitter feed?
When I hit the link, Twitter says that page “no longer exists”?
oh! i won my name back from the squatter who stole it- it’s now: twitter.com/designsponge
grace
This is a lovely design, would love one !
Love these! thanks for sharing!
I definitely just hopped over there and snapped up one in red! Yay!
Just ordered mine in black!
Love it! Want one! So unique, thanks for the find Grace! I just posted the top 10 iPhone/iPad apps for fashion and style, thanks to apple being in the brain!
Oh, and the ipad is SO not taking the place of my Kindle. :)
These are SO amazing! A great Valentines gift also (what with the red and all that!)
kristina
agreed- apple def. didn’t sell me on needing an ipad….
grace
I sent my husband the link, as Valentine’s Day is almost upon us.
Love it!!!
geez – how clever is that? totally love it!
Amazing!! I want one!
I’ve been loving this thing ever since they announced it. I’m using all my willpower to wait until I can find an actual review of the product, which I can’t seem to find anywhere yet, before plunking down my 80 bucks. Ahh I want this so bad.
Without a doubt one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while! Thanks for sharing! =)
Aren’t these so great!! I posted about them a few days ago… such a great idea for hiding your macbook away!
Wow, need, want, LOVE! Thanks bunches
Gorgeous! Unexpected! What’s not to love??
oh i’ve been hoping for somethin like this for a while now. Would be perfect for my macbook, and looking a bit like a cool geek at uni ;) Lovely site. Will be following you
i absolutely love this. i’m going to ask for it for my birthday! i definitely want the red one too!
This is awesome. I’m definitely going to have to order one!! Thanks for sharing!
I’m in love with this sleeve…
It remembers me the Salvat Encyclopedia I read when I was at school (L)
i LOVE this….
If anyone out there has a Nook then I highly recommend the Jonathan Adler cover from the B&N website. I love mine!
http://books.barnesandnoble.com/search/results.aspx?WRD=jonathan+adler+nook+covers&box=jonathan%20adler%20nook&pos=0
that is the coolest thing I have ever seen! How creative!
drool
So gorgeous! I just placed my order. Starbucks, here I come, laptop in hand. :)
SO RAD
fabulous! almost makes me want an ipad.
When I get my laptop, I will work one of these in my budget-it is one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time as far as accessories go!
This is BRILLIANT. My inner bibliophile is well pleased.
wow…I must have one of these. Is it a recycled book or did they make them??
Beautiful as these are, and if I had a macbook I’d probably be buying one, but surely charging the battery while it’s zipped up can’t be a good idea. Where/how does the excess heat vent?
I got the email about the iPad yesterday and it looks pretty cool! But these Mac covers are even cooler. I would LOVE to own one. Thank you so much for sharing this!
love, love, LOVE this. so genius! with my laptop on the coffeetable, I can put it away in a flash and it’ll look like a strategically placed book! BRILLIANT.
This is gorgeous! I absolutely love it!
I knew an older Scottish lady who made covers just like this out of her husband’s old kilts. . . they were so wonderful.
I love this idea, I’ll have to get one!
Is it specifically customized for the Macbook, or will it fit other laptops and netbooks as well?
I just got a new laptop and have been looking for the perfect case! Unfortunately, I don’t think this is going to fit my 15′ Dell Inspiron. Sad, because this is perfect!
these are so so fun i love them! what an awesome idea! thanks for posting them
Oh my gosh! Those are great. Worth the 80 bucks, I’m sure.
pieinjane
looks like it’s meant for a macbook, but you could email them to ask about other models it will fit.
grace
I heard about this from a friend, nice to see them here, was wondering what they looked like…
what can i say? beautiful! love the combination between old and new!
These are so cool. I love them. This would make me want to take my computer everywhere.
Wow I love that !! I want one !!
Thank you for showing us ~
xoxo
Lori
if i had a macbook i would buy this in a heartbeat…
i wonder if you could make one?….hmm this needs to be a craft..
Cool – I like it.
I saw this on another blog someone last week, and just fell in love. Normally I would never pay that much for a laptop sleeve, but this one is awesome.
Grace, I thought you were a PC girl? when did the well applauded hop over to Macs?
kristi
i mad the switch this summer. i loved my PCs for years and years, but my trusty 2006 laptop died. i almost always lost my pc to a virus, so i decided to give the whole “macs don’t ever get viruses” thing i try…
grace
This looks fantastic!!! What a good idea!
Just when we thought we had seen the last of vast family collections of Encyclopaedias (for those too young to remember, that was where we used to ‘google’). How perfect that they are just the right size, and made to last. Great re-use!
So very cool. Thanks for the link!!
It’s funny how everyone wants it as a case because they love distressed books and books in genereal, because the one reason I would want it is for long vacations when I go away and don’t bring my laptop. Because I’m paranoid, I usually hide my laptop somewhere just incase something were to happen while I was away, usually under the bed hidden in between clothes stored there, but this would be really great because no robber would ever think to go through a bookshelf full of books to look for valuables, right? Haha. Too bad I don’t go away often enough!
Grace, so how are you liking the mac side of things? Which do you have?
I have the Macbook Pro 13″, and although it’s a bit small to manage a website from, a 27″ iMac is on my Impossibles wish list. :)
kristina
i’ve got a 15″ macbook pro. loving it so far. some hardware quirks i don’t love, but it’s great not to have to worry about viruses so much, which were the bane of my existence before.
g
You have to admit this is rather sad.
antonia
what’s sad about this?
grace
Who thinks it’s possible to stuff a powerbook g4 in there? I want one!
This makes me want to be a mac user. No seriously.
Kiri, if you laptop is closed up and just charging, it won’t be heating up.
My red Bookbook just arrived today and it has such a rich smell of leather and vintage look with distressed gold lettering and lines. It fits my new Macbook Pro 13″ snugly. The plastic zippers are fine and I don’t expect them to scratch. I do love the zipper pulls. The covers are very rigid and will totally protect my MBP. You won’t be disappointed with the uber-stylish function. It seems very well made, hooray, in the USA, and the edge seams are sewn very neatly. The only drawback is that the top cover can’t open any further than 90 degrees so I will have to play with the angle for typing. All in all, I’m very happy.
Awh! These are amazing! But why would they hurt themselves by only selling them for macs? Most people (like myself) use pc’s because they are MUCH less expensive and work just as well (if you know what computer to pick).
PS: Grace, did you have any virus protection on your old computer? (I mean besides Norton or Mcafee, both are useless) It’s sad that you had to switch over to mac because of that! There are plenty of really nice free antivirus software programs available. I personally had many close calls, but thanks to Avira, they’ve all been handled instantly.
Wow, I had to use a lot of restraint in this post. I really dislike macs! :(
liz
i had every virus software known to man but it didn’t stop them. i was a diehard pc-girl but eventually had to call it a day. but i don’t walk around talking about how awesome macs are now- i’ve had a few issues with my new laptop so i’m not 100% sold, but it’s great not to worry about viruses as much.
grace
This is an AWESOME case! Just got a 15.4″ MBP and HAD to get this :-) Feel it still needs some additional protection inside though and haven’t yet resolved this (incipio feather not yet changed for new MBP and don’t like the shine of the Invisible Shield) – maybe just a neoprene something or other. It IS the COOLEST object EVER though, <3 the irony of it, Macbook in Book etc… BUY!
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