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Author:

Price, Leah, author.

Title:

What we talk about when we talk about books : the history and future of reading / Leah Price.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

214 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Books and reading.
Books and reading--History.
Books and reading--Technological innovations.
Books--History.
Literature and society.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-200) and index.

Contents:

Reading over shoulders -- The real life of books -- Reading on the move -- Please lay flat -- Prescribed reading -- Bound by books -- End papers.

Summary:

In encounters with librarians, booksellers, and activists who are reinventing old ways of reading, Price offers fresh hope to bibliophiles and literature lovers alike.

ISBN:

0465042686
9780465042685

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1078894143

LCCN:

2019004657

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

TOPB062 -- Blairstown Public Library (Blairstown)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)