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Do E-Books Threaten Democracy?
Do digital books threaten our democracy? Depends on who you ask. eBooks are on trial once again. This time, they represent nothing short of an existential threat to democracy itself. In the prosecutor's corner we have novelist Jonathan Franzen, playing the role of 'bookservative' and decrying the rise of these anti-democratic digital

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:29:49 -0800

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Books for kids about Dickens
Just in time for the 200th birthday of Dickens, there are three new illustrated books based on his life and the books he wrote. ●“ Charles Dickens: England’s Most Captivating Storyteller ” by Catherine Wells-Cole (Templar Books $19.99), uses pictures from his original books and photos and other pieces of art. Readers “see” Dickens’s life story and important parts of the stories in his books. By ...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:59:00 -0800

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E-Books Are Superior Tools To Physical Books
As Alan Jacobs says, 'books may be better objects, but e-books are better tools.'

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:20:33 -0800

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Books or e-Books? Who cares as long as people are reading
AS sales of paper books drop, writer Adele Parks says how we read doesn't matter

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:38:30 -0800

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E-Books Allow the Return of the Pulps
I must say that The Guardian seems rather sniffy about this, the way that e-books are allowing the return of pulp fiction. E-book sales are being driven by downmarket genre fiction It doesn?t sound like they approve, does it? Kindle-owning bibliophiles are furtive beasts. Their shelves still boast classics and Booker winners. But inside that ...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:28:21 -0800

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