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Links, tips, and news about reading, books, and libraries. Now posting from https://mastodon.online/@readerupdated
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50 most convincing quotes about the importance of books and libraries

Here are lesser-known but brilliant quotes that motivate to read books and use libraries more often than ever before. Ready to share as images in your social media.

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Most beautiful English words: "sonder" - the realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own https://ebookfriendly.com/most-beautiful-english-words-pictures/
The most beautiful words in the English language (pictures)

Some of the most beautiful English words, beautifully visualized and ready to share – created by Dan Dalton from BuzzFeed.

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The building of the Chicago Cultural Center was originally the town’s first #library. On the walls of the staircase leading from the famous Tiffany Dome, you will find mosaic tiles with classic #book #quotes https://readerupdated.com/2023/10/05/exquisite-mosaic-book-quotes-chicago-cultural-center/
Exquisite mosaic book quotes of the Chicago Cultural Center

One of the halls of the former Chicago Public Library is decorated with mosaic ornaments with embedded classic quotes from Milton, Hugo, and Bacon.

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The highest-rated book in Europe - and the best worldwide - is “Witnessing Life in the DPRK” written by a Czech author Nina Spitalnikova #books #reading #infographic https://readerupdated.com/2023/06/15/the-highest-rated-books-from-every-country-infographic/
The highest-rated books from every country (infographic)

The team from WordFinderX analyzed user ratings on Goodreads to identify the highest-rated book in each country written by a local author.

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Eat, read, and be merry / ✏️ Evie Seo #read #books https://ebookfriendly.com/best-read-posters/
50 brilliant posters that encourage to read books

This list includes the most wonderful posters that are serving one simple task: they encourage to read books. Etsy, Zazzle, Redbubble, Society6 and Amazon.

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Children are made readers on the laps of their parents. –Emilie Buchwald https://ebookfriendly.com/best-images-books-reading-libraries/
50 most popular images about books, reading, and libraries

A list of images about books, reading, and libraries, that were most frequently shared on Facebook, Pinterest, and other social media networks.

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Read books before robots do (pics)

I have used robots to create and share images of robots reading books – an attempt to convince you to read more.

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The new #chart compares #AI and human performance in major areas of competence, including reading comprehension and language understanding https://writerupdated.com/2023/08/28/ai-vs-human-which-one-is-better-benchmarks-chart/
AI vs. human – which one is better in major benchmarks? (chart)

AI has surpassed humans in image recognition, reading comprehension, handwriting recognition, language understanding, and speech recognition.

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There is no such thing as a book that’s too large 📷 Miroslav Peterka, Clementinum, Prague, 1958 https://readerupdated.com/2022/12/28/woman-with-giant-book-photo-full-credits/
Mystery solved: the photo of a woman with a giant book is real!

The photo was taken in 1958 by a Czech photographer Miroslav Peterka at the Clementinum, Prague.

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Do you live in the U.K. or Australia and have #Spotify Premium subscription? You can now listen to #audiobooks for 15 hours a month https://ebookfriendly.com/spotify-premium-instant-access-to-150000-audiobooks-uk-australia/
Spotify Premium subscribers have now instant access to over 150,000 audiobooks

The new feature is already available in the U.K. and Australia, and allows you to listen to audiobooks for 15 hours a month.

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