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The Long Decline of Reading
mssv.net - 1/3/2009
The Long Decline of Reading
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One of the best pieces of writing I’ve come across this year where it regards the way modern media (most particularly the Internet ) are impacting reading. I find this especially meaningful for me these days, for two reasons: Firstly, reading actual books – on Stanza or on paper – ...
online.wsj.com - 1/1/2009
Music Sales Decline for Seventh Time in Eight Years
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TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home:  Beastly prediction: Digital fascism possible in the U.S. if Obama broadband plan happens

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Beastly prediction: Digital fascism possible in the U.S. if Obama broadband plan happens
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home — ... I’m still waiting for policymakers of understand the need for a well-stocked national digital library system—and more encouragement of book reading in our schools. That’s what TeleRead is about. E-books can’t single-handedly save us from fascism if the current recession turns into a full-fledged Great Depression, but they can help, by encouraging more sustained thought than videos could. Related: The Long Decline of Reading in Adrian Hon’s blog (via Mike Cane). Also see an ...

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