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January 18, 2013
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Critical Linking: January 18th, 2013

  The real reason that I use Twitter is because I am also a reader, and as such, Twitter allows … Read the full post

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January 17, 2013
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Sites We Like: Reddit/Books

Reddit is having a bit of a moment. Not only did one of its precocious co-founders recently commit … Read the full post

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January 17, 2013
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Name That Author!: January 17th, 2013

Name That Author! is back for its first 2013 appearance. And it’s an extra special installment, … Read the full post

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January 17, 2013
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The Robin Hood Library Initiative

While I was researching some of our reader-nominations for Book Riot’s 2013 charitable partner, … Read the full post

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January 17, 2013
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Critical Linking: January 17th, 2013

Entrekin said that some of the recent National Book Award fiction lists, which usually get the most … Read the full post

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January 16, 2013
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Critical Linking for January 16th, 2013

  Using scanners, scientists monitored the brain activity of volunteers as they read pieces of … Read the full post

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January 15, 2013
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Six Degrees of Sir Francis Bacon

Even before there was an internet, there were memes, and the most memorable of my adolescence was … Read the full post

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January 15, 2013
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START HERE: Now Available

We’re excited to announce that our first book, Start Here: Read Your Way Into 25 Amazing Authors, … Read the full post

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January 15, 2013
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Critical Linking: January 15th, 2013

So: to recap. Writers can’t write anything because they keep looking at the internet, which, as … Read the full post

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January 14, 2013
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Are You An “Above Average” Reader?

A couple of weeks ago, The Pew Research Center released a study about the reading habits of Americans, … Read the full post

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January 14, 2013
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Critical Linking: January 14th, 2013

 Below, we’ve collected steps on how to buy eBooks from an indie bookstore. It takes six steps. … Read the full post

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January 13, 2013
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“Writers have no real area of expertise”: Happy Birthday, Lorrie Moore

Portrait via The New York Review of Books.

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January 13, 2013
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Critical Linking: The Most Read Stories, January 7-12th, 2013

Here are the most read stories from the last week in Critical Linking…   After he turns … Read the full post

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January 12, 2013
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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” Happy Birthday, Haruki Murakami.

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January 11, 2013
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“To Change One’s Life: Start Immediately…” Happy Birthday, William James

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January 11, 2013
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Critical Linking: January 11th, 2013

60% of ebook readers are under 45 years old. Not a surprise. ____________________________ For all … Read the full post

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January 10, 2013
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Happy Birthday, Stephen Ambrose!

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January 10, 2013
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Critical Linking: January 10th, 2013

  It is physically impossible to look cool in the coffee line holding a Tablet. You just can’t … Read the full post

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January 9, 2013
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“Books saved me from despair.” — Happy Birthday, Simone de Beauvoir!

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January 9, 2013
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Critical Linking: January 9th, 2012

Bowheads seem to be recovering from the harvest of Yankee commercial whaling from 1848 to 1915, which … Read the full post