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hlthe2b

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5. Who's to say they don't just open the app, start to read and then get called away for hours...
Sun Jul 1, 2012, 03:15 PM
Jul 2012

one might assume a VERY slow reader...

Your E-Book Is Reading You [View all] EFerrari Jul 2012 OP
And I bet DHS has a direct feed on just what one is reading, and the profiling RKP5637 Jul 2012 #1
Funny. A goodly number of book discussions are about finding writers like X or books like Y dmallind Jul 2012 #20
my paperbacks and harcovers tell no tales on me for marketing purposes or otherwise nt msongs Jul 2012 #2
Of course they do. TheWraith Jul 2012 #3
And that is exactly what I do and have done for years n/t Samantha Jul 2012 #15
Well, congrats. TheWraith Jul 2012 #16
I do not worry about becoming permanently paranoid, thank you very much Samantha Jul 2012 #19
half-price books, different stores, cash Skittles Jul 2012 #17
There you go ! russspeakeasy Jul 2012 #4
If you purchase "The Catcher In The Rye" or "The Anarchist Cookbook", you are on an FBI list thelordofhell Jul 2012 #8
Pay in cash. marmar Jul 2012 #10
Who's to say they don't just open the app, start to read and then get called away for hours... hlthe2b Jul 2012 #5
It seems to track percentage read - enlightenment Jul 2012 #12
This is why I use Calibre software, download my epubs and load... MANative Jul 2012 #6
yet here I sit...talking to myself via DU - on a screen...ah, solitude, what joy you bring. sad sally Jul 2012 #7
I read all three of the Hunger Games books on Kindle Speck Tater Jul 2012 #9
I always thought potboiler paperbacks should be sold from vending machines ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 #11
The computer-shy customers are increasingly less shy. TheWraith Jul 2012 #13
i read mobi format d_r Jul 2012 #14
Another reason for me to stay away from E-books. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #18
One good thing from this is it might change publishing. knitter4democracy Jul 2012 #21
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