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cognition How to read long, difficult books Cory Doctorow
Global Tel Link In an age of disappearing prison libraries, jail profiteers provide "free" crapgadget tablets that charge prisoners by the minute to read Project Gutenberg ebooks Cory Doctorow
told you so Microsoft is about to shut off its ebook DRM servers: "The books will stop working" Cory Doctorow
pew center Thanks to audiobooks, reading's popularity still strong in America Cory Doctorow
literacy Is it better to read a book or listen to it? David Pescovitz
dyslexie The Dyslexie Font makes reading easier for people with dyslexia Rusty Blazenhoff
a dead tree edition grows in brooklyn You can request hand-crafted reading-list recommendations from the Brooklyn public library online Cory Doctorow
read away LA libraries replace fines for young readers with in-library "read-offs" Cory Doctorow
michael gove's legacy UK authors and librarians' open letter to Education Secretary: stop closing school libraries! Cory Doctorow
disaster preparedness The US has quit UNESCO, the UN agency that protects world heritage sites and teaches poor children to read Cory Doctorow
public education About half of Detroit can't read Andrea James
SRSLY? Trump's bookcase, Old State Department Library Cory Doctorow
pennsylvania 94% decline in librarians for Philadelphia's public schools Cory Doctorow
indianapolis Indianapolis launches literacy-promoting "Big Free Libraries" Cory Doctorow
reno Cory at Reno's Grassroots Books this Friday! Cory Doctorow
filk Funky librarians Cory Doctorow
elfin safety School bus driver bans little girl from reading Cory Doctorow
literacy XKCD vs hand-wringing about what texting does to kids' literacy Cory Doctorow
literacy Painted "bookbenches" spring up across London Cory Doctorow
stats Who reads books in America, and how? Cory Doctorow