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Does anyone read books anymore?
Bookstores are leaving the malls, perhaps to go to stand-alone sites as Barnes and Noble, whose numbers are falling. Stephen King notes in his newest book about losing art forms (i.e. radio stories[Mystery Theatre, et al.] and short story magazines). With the influence of the internet, many are losing basic communication skills. We no longer write sentences, just lines w/abreviations. In this high-speed world, people just seem to want to know, not consider. It's faster to download than read (?)
So my main question is this - is the written age on the verge of extinction?
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