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Which Country Reads the Most?
Tuesday 04 March 2014According to the NOP World Culture Score Index, readers in India are making the rest of us look bad.
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Which Country Reads the Most?
4 Mar 2014 -
Wikipedia 1,000-volume print edition planned
Thursday 20 February 2014It would run to over a million pages, featuring more than four million articles by 20 million volunteers: an "record-breaking" new project to turn Wikipedia into 1,000 books has just launched on Indiegogo .
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Wikipedia 1,000-volume print edition planned
20 Feb 2014 -
100 Books Everyone Should Read Before They Die
Friday 07 February 2014A book editors have just released a list of their 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime.
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100 Books Everyone Should Read Before They Die
7 Feb 2014 -
Real books should be preserved like papyrus scrolls
Wednesday 29 January 2014In a future electronic world, there will be a ghastly contingency about the written word. Books have a new place as sacred objects, and libraries as museums.
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Real books should be preserved like papyrus scrolls
29 Jan 2014 -
London book benches: are you sitting comfortably?
Thursday 21 November 2013New literacy scheme will recreate famous books including Wind in the Willows and 1984, in form of seating. Visitors to London will able to enjoy books in a new way next summer – by sitting on them.
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London book benches: are you sitting comfortably?
21 Nov 2013 -
Passengers Can Now Enjoy Their E-Readers In Flight
Tuesday 05 November 2013Some passengers get stressed out during the takeoff and landing and that’s the time they would love to have distractions
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Passengers Can Now Enjoy Their E-Readers In Flight
5 Nov 2013 -
'Worst shed in Britain' is transformed into a reading refuge for Newport resident
Thursday 31 October 2013A shed which was once named the worst in Britain has undergone a magical transformation – into the Shed of the Year.
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'Worst shed in Britain' is transformed into a reading refuge for Newport resident
31 Oct 2013 -
Books still beat tablets for reading to children
Wednesday 23 October 2013Over half of British households may now have a tablet, but when it comes to bedtime stories parents still prefer the feel of paper.
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Books still beat tablets for reading to children
23 Oct 2013 -
Iceland: Where one in 10 people will publish a book
Thursday 17 October 2013Iceland is experiencing a book boom. This island nation of just over 300,000 people has more writers, more books published and more books read, per head, than anywhere else in the world.
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Iceland: Where one in 10 people will publish a book
17 Oct 2013 -
Poll shows ereaders lead to more reading, online sharing
Tuesday 15 October 2013A poll conducted by USA Today and Bookish found that 40% of adults now own an ereader or tablet.
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Poll shows ereaders lead to more reading, online sharing
15 Oct 2013 -
U.S. considers expanding tablet, e-reader use on flights
Monday 07 October 2013The suggestions, contained in a long-awaited report, are a hot-button issue for passengers, many of whom have chafed under strict rules that require portable electronic devices be turned off for takeoff and landing.
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U.S. considers expanding tablet, e-reader use on flights
7 Oct 2013 -
Five Banned Books That You Should Read (That You Probably Haven't)
Tuesday 24 September 2013This week is Banned Books Week, where librarians and other organizations highlight the books that have been subjected to threats of censorship – and actual censorship – in schools, libraries and nations around the globe.
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Five Banned Books That You Should Read (That You Probably Haven't)
24 Sep 2013
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