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The pleasures of reading the printed page

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Do you read physical books? A recent Pew Research Center survey found that roughly two-thirds of Americans report reading all or part of a physical book in the last 12 months.

Host Scott Tong mulls over that stat with Traci Thomas, host and creator of “The Stacks” podcast.

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