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		<title>Why do people not consider books important any more?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research by the Literary Trust has formed the basis of a new investigation by the Evening Standard to avert the problem of illteracy in both adults and children in London. There have been some shocking statistics published: - 1 million people in London cannot read. - 1 in 4 children who leaves primary school is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My World Book Night experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Excuse me, tonight is World Book Night, when 1 million books are being given away for free around the country&#8230;&#8217;Â  So began my spiel for giving away my copies of Nigel Slater&#8217;s wonderful autobiography Toast, as part of the inaugural World Book Night. Â  You would have thought that giving away free copies of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building built from thousands of books &#8211; WOW!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[via inhabitat.com Coming just a few days after comedian Stewart Lee described how he ditched all his shelves of books, this is surely something to make him reconsider, although you might have a job living as a family inside. Matej Kren has created a gigantic tunnel of books and, if you happen to be in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to market classic books brilliantly</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[via tankmagazine.com As proper books fight the inevitable march of their digital companions, it remains obvious that the way to keep the real thing afloat is by making them appealing and interesting, no matter that the content is no different. Penguin scored a coup in the mid-90s with their Penguin 60s, to celebrate their 60th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When books, the web and video collide</title>
		<link>http://www.robmansfield.net/2010/01/19/when-books-the-web-and-video-collide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People have been trying to get books to work online for a while. There are a variety of book social media sites, such as the Amazon-owned Shelfari, goodreads and Bookrabbit, to name just three.Â  We also have the much-heralded arrival of the Kindle (Amazon again), numerous other e-readers and even iPhone apps, such as Stanza. [...]]]></description>
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