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The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads

Did you know that Hollywood generated 33% less revenue than the US yellow page industry last year? Neither did I until I read a fascinating new book called The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads. Ammon Shea is not your typical thirtysomething book enthusiast. After reading

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The Invention of the Highlighter

NY Times.com: Once, when readers wanted to remember something, they had to mark important passages with thin, wobbly lines in drab, hard-to-relocate colors. Before the rise of the highlighter, says Dennis Baron, a University of Illinois professor and the author of “A Better Pencil,” attentive readers relied on “a combination of underlining and marginal notes.”

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Writing a Book, Live

Cassandra Daily: Silvia Hartmann’s Naked Writer Project allows fans to read her latest fantasy fiction book, The Dragon Lords, as it is being written in real-time. Before beginning a new section, the British novelist sends an announcement to her social networks and then starts writing in a public document on the cloud-based Google Drive. Taking

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