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+43 +628 years ago, a book club began reading one novel. It’s finally reached the end
Filmmaker Gerry Fialka has convened a book group to read James Joyce’s ‘Finnegans Wake,’ a book famously tough to grasp.
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+24 +8Millie Bobby Brown’s debut novel is a bestseller. Why does it matter that the actor didn’t write it?
Our discomfort lies more with how a bestselling celebrity novel reconfigures the book as ‘merchandise’.
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+56 +11Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science
Despite their scarcity, science fiction books are highly sought after by elementary school students.
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+43 +5Who says the robots are not trying to kill us?
Mushroom pickers urged to avoid foraging books on Amazon that appear to be written by AI. Sample of books scored 100% on AI detection test as experts warn they contain dangerous advice
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+34 +9Word games, wit and the pleasure of annoying people: a daughter's memoir sheds new light on the notoriously private John Clarke
Lorin Clarke’s account of growing up with her famous father is a loving, often funny portrait.
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+14 +3Colleen Hoover is the hottest author in America. She also may be the most controversial
Colleen Hoover is the top-selling author in the US right now. But some readers have spoken out against her books, criticizing them for allegedly romanticizing domestic abuse, physical violence and female submission.
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+28 +4Moving books is a big pain. Here’s how to make it easier.
The most efficient ways to pack books, how to ensure they aren’t damaged — and tips for easing the pain of culling your collection.
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+30 +10Thousands of Yiddish pulp fiction stories finally seeing the light of day
It is now easy to find the 1907 serialization of Sholem Asch's 'God of Vengeance.'
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+29 +9PEN America: Using Artificial Intelligence to Ban Books Only Makes the Problem Worse
As book bans escalate in schools and libraries across the country, a school district in Iowa is adding a new—albeit “deeply misguided”—move to this censorious trend by relying on ChatGPT to decide which books can stay and which have to go, PEN America said today.
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+30 +3A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: A.I.-Generated Guidebooks ($)
Shoddy guidebooks are flooding Amazon. Their authors claim to be renowned travel writers, but are they A.I. inventions? And how big is the problem?
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+30 +11Rome’s libraries were shrines to knowledge – and imperial power
Passersby could wander at will into grand public libraries in imperial Rome. Could they trust what they found inside?
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+41 +12The Gamification of Reading Is Changing How We Approach Books
Since its inception in 2007, Goodreads has been a place where people can come together and rate their favorite books, find new authors, and more. This writer juggles the greater implications of the site with our current reading culture.
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+32 +9Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Arkansas from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing “harmful” materials to minors.
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+28 +6Houston school district to turn libraries into disciplinary centers
Critics condemn superintendent Mike Miles’s ‘new education system’ that removes students’ access to books
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+30 +7The Psychology of Reading
Why a book can be good for mental well-being.
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+30 +2Barack Obama's summer 2023 music, book recs: SZA, Ice Spice, Peso Pluma make the cut
Nine books and 41 songs, including tracks from rising stars Peso Puma and Ice Spice, made the former president and tastemaker's recommendations list.
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+29 +4Let the Kids Get Weird: The Adult Problem With Children’s Books
Picture books must hitch a ride on the parent if a child is to get a look-in so the children’s publicity machine is tilted fully at the adults.
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+38 +4World's first book written by AI paints 'dark portrait' of new reality
The editors of the world's first autobiography written by an AI code, 'I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks' have warned of the 'hostile' and 'darkly creative' reality of the A.I. in our midst.
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+1 +1Single On Purpose - TLDR Book Summary
Discover self-love with John Kim's 'Single On Purpose'. Dive into our book summary for key insights on personal growth and self-discovery.
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+26 +4Trans woman, bookstore, teacher sue over Montana law banning drag reading events
The complaint calls the new law “a breathtakingly ambiguous and overbroad bill, motivated by anti-LGBTQ+ animus.”
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