![]() Print-era doctors even forbade the very same silent absorption now recommended as a cure for electronic addictions. From the dawn of mass literacy to the invention of the paperback, most readers already skimmed and multitasked. Examining the wear and tear on the books that they contain, English professor Leah Price finds scant evidence that a golden age of reading ever existed. ![]() The shelves of the world's great libraries, though, tell a more complicated story. Digital-age pundits warn that as our appetite for books dwindles, so too do the virtues in which printed, bound objects once trained us: the willpower to focus on a sustained argument, the curiosity to look beyond the day's news, the willingness to be alone. ![]() Reports of the death of reading are greatly exaggeratedÄo you worry that you've lost patience for anything longer than a tweet? If so, you're not alone. What We Talk About When We Talk About Books: The History and Future of Reading - Hardcover ![]()
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