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Chat While Reading: The Future Of Books?

July 6, 2009 - 12:29pm — Bibliofuture

Story on NPR:

Reading a book evokes solitary images of lying in bed late at night or sitting beneath a beach umbrella lost in a fantasy. But BookGlutton.com, a Web site that permits readers to chat about books as they read, may be transforming a lone activity into a communal one.

The site was born out of co-founder Travis Alber's desire to talk about books with friends who had moved away. Her solution? A Web site that allows multiple users to write in the margins of an online book.

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July 6, 2009 - 1:13pm — Anonymous

I've been doing that in the movie theater for years...

but unfortunately, most people don't appreciate my chats.
"who's that guy?"
"is that Lance Henrickson?"
"oh, I like him. did you see that other movie he was in?"
"is this a dream sequence?"
"I bet that guy's the killer."

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