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Disconnecting is all the rage, even in Silicon Valley

Judging from the stories at the Huffington Post and the New York Times, disconnecting is a fad among technology CEOs.

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Organize and share your Kindle highlights (and more) with Findings

Is reading social? And if it is, how social? That’s one of the topics, among others, in a series of interviews at the blog for Findings, a startup that’s all about quotations, highlights, and annotations from books (and elsewhere).

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Telegraph: Why the printed book is doomed

More and more people are reading books on their Kindles and iPads and other e-reading devices, but there are still zillions of printed books being purchased, too. But is the printed book about to become a relic? Maybe so, says a writer for the Telegraph.

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Brain Pickings: 14 children’s books by famous writers of “grown-up” literature

Brain Pickings is a wonderful weekly e-newsletter about culture, and it recently featured a pair of reviews of children’s books written by famous authors, from Mark Twain to Virginia Woolf.

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23 summer book recommendations from 23 admired authors

There’s nothing like a book at the beach, and Time has book recommendations from 23 authors, such as Wole Soyinka and Jonathan Franzen.

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You’ll soon be able to borrow Kindle books from your local library

Amazon announced today a new Kindle feature, launching later this year, that will allow libraries to lend out copies of Kindle ebooks to patrons.

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3 top coffee table books of 2010

Ebooks are the rage, but guess what? There’s nothing like a well-designed art or design book, especially as a gift. Traditional books are special—more special than ever—and these three make terrific gifts.

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Amazon lets you give Kindle books as gifts

You can now give Kindle books as gifts at Amazon.

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Barnes & Noble announces an all-color, all-touchscreen Nook e-reader

Amazon’s Kindle might be the clear frontrunner in the three-way e-reader war between Apple, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble, but that could change pretty soon.

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Five Books delivers quick book recommendations

How’s this for a motto: “The best five books on everything.” That’s the idea behind Five Books, a website that’s all about doling out book recommendations, with a fun twist.

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