Flipping Flip Books!

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I've been thinking about flipbooks today, so I thought I'd make a lens about the subject.

Turns out that there's more online than you might expect! Here's the best of what I've been able to find so far. 

Flipbooks Online 

The best sites to see first

If you'd like to learn more about flipbooks and some of the available resources available online, these are my favorite web sites on the topic
Flipbooks: Hand-Held Animations
This how-to web site outlines how you can make your own flipbook at home
Wikipedia: Flipbook
The online encyclopedia entry details a lot of the flipbook's background and history
Accueil Flipbook
This online collection of about 3,000 flipbooks dating back to the 1880s is worth exploring!
Flippies
This service will help you make a flipbook out of any video, film, or animation you have. It's targeted at marketers, so there might be a minimum order size.
Fliptmania
This publisher of flipbooks focuses on the "creative" side of things

The Best Flipbook Ever 

If you look at just one, this is it

This flipbook -- and the companion film (or is the flipbook companion to the film?) -- is one of my favorite things in the whole wide world. Buy yourself a copy. Buy some for your friends and family.

Powers of Ten: A Flipbook

Amazon Price: (as of 01/02/2010) Buy Now
Used Price: $79.99

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Books Worth a Look 

Some titles to thumb through

Who knew that there were actual books about flipbooks? Here are some recommended reads

Flipbook Animation

Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 01/02/2010) Buy Now
Used Price: $7.17

Creative Scrapbooking Designs: A Flipbook for Girls and Boys (Leisure Arts #3628)

Amazon Price: $14.95 (as of 01/02/2010) Buy Now
Used Price: $0.75

Animation: How to Draw Your Own Flipbooks, and Other Fun Ways to Make Cartoons Move

Amazon Price: (as of 01/02/2010) Buy Now
Used Price: $1.53

Further Flipbooks 

Bestsellers from Amazon

This is a small selection of the top-selling flipbooks on Amazon

Building the Empire State: A Flipbook

Amazon Price: (as of 01/02/2010) Buy Now
Used Price: $5.45

Turner Classic Movies Flipbook 3-pack

Amazon Price: (as of 01/02/2010) Buy Now
Used Price:

Giraffe Zooflipz

Amazon Price: $3.99 (as of 01/02/2010) Buy Now
Used Price: $20.13

Animals Flipbook 3-pack

Amazon Price: (as of 01/02/2010) Buy Now
Used Price:

Zooflipz Wildlife Flipbooks

Amazon Price: (as of 01/02/2010) Buy Now
Used Price:

Flipbooks for Collectors 

Auctions courtesy of Ebay

Want some colectible flipbooks? Check out these auctions

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