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Do Book Critics Need a Code of Ethics?


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Article: Addicted to Books?


The link below is to an article that looks at signs you are addicted to books.

For more visit:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/signs-youre-addicted-to-books-reading

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Article: Classics?


The link below is to an article that considers what really makes a classic book.

For more visit:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/05/canon-fodder-denouncing-the-classics.html

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Article: Turn a Children’s Books into an Audiobook


The link below is to an article that reports on a way to turn children’s books into audiobooks via StorySticker.

For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/turn-your-favorite-kids-book-into-an-audiobook_b71080

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Article: The Reading Room Update


The link below is to an article that provides an update on developments at ‘The Reading Room’ book social network, an alternative to Goodreads.

For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/p-books/the-reading-room-will-offer-print-books-for-purchase/

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Article: Your Own Twitter Book


The link below is to an article that looks at various services that will turn your Twitter  feed into a book.

For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/appnewser/5-tools-that-will-turn-your-twitter-page-into-a-book_b35512

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Article: Bad Uses for Books


The link below is to an article that will probably upset book lovers everywhere, myself included – unless of course the books used were really bad and the previous best use would have been for winter warmth. 

For more visit:
http://ebookfriendly.com/2013/05/22/examples-of-book-love-gone-wrong-pictures/

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Video: The New Digital Age, by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen


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Article: Kids Reading Habits Are Changing


The link below is to an article that reports on the changing reading habits of children, from traditional to digital material.

For more visit:
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/news/5372_children_s_on-screen_reading_overtakes_reading_in_print

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Article: Book Piracy


The link below is to an interesting article on book piracy and on the whole I’d have to say it gets it about right in my estimation. Worth a read I think.

For more visit:
http://raynfall.com/719/what-you-need-to-know-about-book-piracy/