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• Woman Wins $10,000 For Reading Fine Print of Terms and Conditions of Travel Insurance Policy (npr.org)
  News · Books · 2019-03-08 08:10 · posted by BeauHD · from the it-pays-to-read dept. · 89 comments
• Pew Research: Three-Quarters of Americans Have Read a Book in Last One Year -- 67% in Print Format; Use of Audiobooks Rising (pewresearch.org)
  News · Books · 2019-03-07 06:12 · posted by msmash · from the closer-look dept. · 97 comments
• DC Cancels Comic Where Jesus Learns From Superhero After Outcry (theguardian.com)
  News · Books · 2019-02-19 02:01 · posted by msmash · from the how-about-that dept. · 348 comments
• How Badly is Google Books Search Broken, and Why? (blogspot.com)
  Search · Books · 2019-02-18 07:12 · posted by msmash · from the closer-look dept. · 106 comments
• Bill and Melinda Gates: Textbooks Are Becoming Obsolete
  News · Books · 2019-02-17 03:01 · posted by msmash · from the how-about-that dept. · 162 comments
• NYPL's Chief Digital Officer Says Public is Better off When Libraries Are 'Risk Averse' About Tech (geekwire.com)
  News · Books · 2018-12-26 06:01 · posted by msmash · from the bigger-picture dept. · 78 comments
• Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Good Books You Read This Year?
  Ask · Books · 2018-12-24 00:00 · posted by msmash · from the slashdot-book-club dept. · 255 comments
• Sting on Amazon Booksellers Aims To Weed Out Counterfeit Textbooks, But Small Sellers Getting Hurt (cnbc.com)
  News · Books · 2018-12-13 10:01 · posted by msmash · from the closer-look dept. · 87 comments
• Amazon's AbeBooks Backs Down After Booksellers Stage Global Protest (theguardian.com)
  News · Books · 2018-11-08 05:31 · posted by msmash · from the love-of-books-unites-us dept. · 26 comments
• Tiny Books Fit in One Hand. Will They Change the Way We Read? (nytimes.com)
  News · Books · 2018-10-30 04:44 · posted by msmash · from the would-you-buy-one? dept. · 141 comments
• Stephen Hawking Warns That AI and 'Superhumans' Could Wipe Humanity; Says There's No God in Posthumous Book (cnn.com)
  Science · Books · 2018-10-16 05:25 · posted by msmash · from the final-words dept. · 733 comments
• 150 San Franciscans Explain How Tech Money Changed Their City (sfchronicle.com)
  News · Books · 2018-10-13 02:34 · posted by FirehoseFavorites · from the open-up-your-golden-gate dept. · 61 comments
• Slashdot Asks: What Book(s) Are You Reading This Month?
  Ask · Books · 2018-09-14 04:35 · posted by msmash · from the let's-get-this-going dept. · 261 comments
• How Do Things Stick To Us in a Culture Where Information and Ideas Are Up So Quickly That We Have No Time To Assess One Before Another Takes Its Place?
  News · Books · 2018-08-29 02:00 · posted by msmash · from the closer-look dept. · 134 comments
• Read Two Of This Year's 2018 Hugh Award Winners Online (thehugoawards.org)
  News · Books · 2018-08-25 09:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the science-fiction-in-San-Jose dept. · 133 comments
• Ancient Public Library Discovered In Germany (theguardian.com)
  News · Books · 2018-07-31 19:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the lost-and-found dept. · 129 comments
• 'No, Amazon Cannot Replace Libraries' (vice.com)
  News · Books · 2018-07-25 06:00 · posted by msmash · from the hot-debate dept. · 214 comments
• Comic Book Publishers, Faced With Flagging Sales, Look To Streaming (nytimes.com)
  News · Books · 2018-07-22 09:00 · posted by msmash · from the whatever-it-takes dept. · 249 comments
• New Book Paints Different Picture of Workplace Behavior At Google and Facebook
  News · Books · 2018-07-15 17:05 · posted by BeauHD · from the two-sides-to-every-story dept. · 191 comments
• How Minecraft Is Helping Kids Fall In Love With Books (theguardian.com)
  News · Books · 2018-07-15 05:17 · posted by BeauHD · from the fun-for-the-whole-family dept. · 35 comments
• New York's Last Remaining Independent Bookshops (theguardian.com)
  News · Books · 2018-06-03 05:17 · posted by BeauHD · from the story-of-survival dept. · 71 comments
• A Mass of Copyrighted Works Will Soon Enter the Public Domain (theatlantic.com)
  News · Books · 2018-04-29 04:05 · posted by msmash · from the take-note dept. · 113 comments
• New Book Describes 'Bluffing' Programmers in Silicon Valley (theguardian.com)
  News · Books · 2018-04-28 15:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the calling-your-methods dept. · 292 comments
• Google's New Book Search Deals in Ideas, Not Keywords (axios.com)
  News · Books · 2018-04-13 14:44 · posted by msmash · from the interesting-moves dept. · 16 comments
• Amazon is Burying Sexy Books, Sending Erotic Novel Authors to the 'No-Rank Dungeon' (vice.com)
  News · Books · 2018-03-29 04:40 · posted by msmash · from the closer-look dept. · 163 comments