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BeebCamp: Books - how do people do linear media?

Adrian Hon - been interested in reading for a long time. Stats seem to show that people aren’t reading so many books [although I don't think that's true in the US]. Anecdote, why don’t people read more books? Because books don’t bleep, they don’t demand attention... Full Article at Corante: Strange Attractor

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