From Amazon Bookseller to Brick and Mortar – Reversing the Bookselling Trend
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The rash of digital-first brands that are now publishing in print helped many to realize why digital longs to be tangible. Now, more evidence, this time coming from the world of used books. Idaho Falls is now home to a...
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Does This Book Make My Brain Look Big?
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You know that feeling you get when you close your eyes after a long day of screen time, and you can see the words, images (or, let’s face it, the candies you crushed) passing in front of  your lids? Yeah,...
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Print Presses on in the Wake of Media Disruption
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The digital revolution hit the print media industry right between the eyes. In the past 10 years, we’ve seen dramatic changes in consumer consumption in just about every media category. Yet according to PWC’s Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2018-2022,...
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Curling Up with a Good … Screen?
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They are largely digital natives, relying on their electronic devices for a large part of the day. So you might be surprised to learn that when it comes to leisure reading, the millennial generation prefers a good print book. “Young...
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How Real Books have Trumped Ebooks
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Something fascinating has been happening to print book over the past few years.“Books have always had a fetishistic quality to them, with their dusty secretiveness,” writes Alex Preston in The Guardian. “Now, though, it feels like we’re living through a...
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WSJ Says Book Publishers are Getting Back to Basics
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The future of the book publishing industry looks … a lot like the past, with a couple of key exceptions. Publishers are getting back to basics, adjusting their business models to leverage the upswing back toward print and focusing on...
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New Library in China is Incredibly Beautiful
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Sometimes you just have to stop and stare. That’s the reaction I had when looking at the pictures of the new Tianjin Binhai Library in China. At the center of the 34,000 square-foot structure sits a spherical auditorium, which has...
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Why Reading a Book Can Make Us More Human
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For a lot of us, our days start and end like this: scan a headline, maybe click the link, read a couple of lines, share it, tweet it, send it on its way. There; we’ve engaged with content and shared...
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What Parents Need to Know About Their Kids’ Reading Habits
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They might be captivated by the bright shiny screens, but when it comes time to read, youngsters gravitate toward print books. Margaret Kristin Merga and Saiyidi Mat Roni cite new research that peaks inside the habits of our youngest readers....
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Kids These Days … Love Print
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Kids these days.  It turns out, in spite of increased access to digital devices, our youngest readers still prefer reading print books. “A study by researchers in Australia found that kids who had access to e-readers like Kindles and iPads...
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