Infinite literature

An eighth-century book in its original binding, St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 185.

The best books are infinite, reproducing themselves for as long as there are people to read. There are two types of infinity when it comes to the written word. One is related to a book's ability to be duplicated, by hand or machine, into new exemplars, like orga…