In this course students will explore and expand the definition of the book as an expressive medium. Emphasis is placed on the relationships between form, content, materiality, and distribution. The course will develop intermediate techniques and methods for printing, binding and editioning artists' books. Students will develop, design, produce and publish self-directed artists' books. Through lectures, studio demonstrations, field trips, readings, and research, students will learn the contemporary and historical contexts for artists' book publishing, distribution, and discourse.