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1. The Second Renaissance – bigger, better, faster!
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By: Bruce K. Hollingdrake, on 2/14/2009
Blog: The Bookshop Blog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  Elsewhere on the Net..., News & Opinions, Bits & Pieces, Clay Shirkey, Edna St Vincent Milay, internet, renaissance, Gutenberg, Brick and Mortar Thoughts, Naomi Klein, Add a tag

When books become available and affordable, the value of reading and writing became apparent. Ideas could be spread rapidly. When people could read they could learn more from others and from the past. Things started to change very rapidly (for the times). Can you imagine how exciting it would have been to live during the renaissance?

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2. Have you read all these books?
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By: Bruce K. Hollingdrake, on 2/6/2009
Blog: The Bookshop Blog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  Books, Reading, time, priorities, Brick and Mortar Thoughts, News & Opinions, Add a tag

Have you read all these books? I have several answers, including: – “I’m working on it.” or “Yup. Twice.” Another one: “Do you read much?” Me: “Four or five books a week.” “I wish I had the time to ...

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3. Book burning on Feb. 10th 2009 due to CPSIA
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By: Bruce K. Hollingdrake, on 1/4/2009
Blog: The Bookshop Blog (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags:  Bookselling, safety, Lead Post, regulation, Brick and Mortar Thoughts, legal, laws, CPSIA, News & Opinions, Add a tag

The government thinks books are a danger to children and mandates destruction of millions of kids' books starting February 10th, 2009. It sounds like the plot form a science fiction novel, but new regulations are all too real.

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