Homes without books
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As many as 42 percent of American children come from families without the “luxury” disposable income to purchase new books, according to a NYTimes “Fixes” blog post, and tens of… 2 / Read more »
As many as 42 percent of American children come from families without the “luxury” disposable income to purchase new books, according to a NYTimes “Fixes” blog post, and tens of… 2 / Read more »
New York bookstore Mast Books “has hit upon the right business formula in the right place at the right time,” writes Brendan Bernhard in a profile for the New York… Read more »
A new study by education publishers Pearson has cast fresh light on the struggle to get boys to love reading. The publisher commissioned the study of 500 English teachers across… Read more »
CBS News’s Mark Strassmann reports on Atlanta artist Brian Dettmer making sculptures out of old books. Slicing and dicing his way through hardcovers, Dettmer makes some very cool objects. Though… Read more »
Orwell Prize goes to Tom Bingham Apple to exhibit at BEA How hollywood decides to adapt a book Could Amazon buy Borders? U.S. government launches digital literacy site Why are… Read more »