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The value of the written word

Ray Bradbury imagined a world without the printed word, a universe where firemen started fires instead of stopped them, in a quest to burn forbidden books - till one of them started questioning why. Incidentally, the act of burning books is called "biblioclasm" or "libricide", and here's your... Continue reading at 'Stuff'

[ Stuff | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Incredible Resilience of Books

Despite challenges faced by the publishing industry and past predictions, the written word has not seen its last day Continue reading at 'The Atlantic'

[ The Atlantic | 2012-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I’m Through With Paper

I didn’t expect to quit paper so easily. Sure, I love technology, but I also love reading, and I’ve always found paper to be the most pleasurable delivery system for the written word. I stopped subscribing to a daily print newspaper around five years ago, but that was mostly because of price,... Continue reading at 'Slate'

[ Slate | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tablet Users Are Heavy News Readers

A year and a half since the Apple iPad was introduced, a new study shows that reading news has become a big part of what people use tablets for. But publishers still have a way to go to get people to pay for content on tablets. The newest look at peoples willingness to pay for content is a... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'