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“Selling a Book By Its Cover” (NYTimes)

Discussion question: what does this tell you about the potential of books to be valuable?

“The End” (NYMag)

Discussion question: This article, from approximately three years ago, makes several observations about the state of the book industry, and its future. Do you see things that it got right? That it got wrong? What’s happened since?

“In the Future, Everything Will Be Free” (Institute for the Future of the Book)

Final question: do you read books online? Why, or why not? What do you see ereaders, and printed books, as offering you? What influences your ability and choices to buy books? (whether for pleasure, or for school/professional purposes?) What would an ideal book be for you, and why?

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