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  • Au revoir, Village Voice bookstore<\/a>! You will be missed! <\/li>\n
  • Slow readers, listen up: a new app <\/a>tells you exactly how long it will take to finish a book.<\/li>\n
  • Library patrons can now not only borrow but publish<\/a> books. <\/li>\n
  • The best Nora Ephron bookstore moments<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • Meet <\/a>\u201cThe Stressful Life of Salman Rushdie and Implementation of His Verdict,\u201d a new Iranian video game.<\/li>\n

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    Au revoir, Village Voice bookstore! You will be missed! Slow readers, listen up: a new app tells you exactly how long it will take to finish a book. Library patrons can now not only borrow but publish books. The best Nora Ephron bookstore moments. Meet \u201cThe Stressful Life of Salman Rushdie and Implementation of His […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2512],"tags":[3703,2574,7148,7955,20543,7723,1856,7956],"class_list":["post-34563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-shelf","tag-apps","tag-bookstores","tag-libraries","tag-nora-ephron","tag-on-the-shelf","tag-roundup","tag-salman-rushdie","tag-village-voice-bookstore"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGood-bye, Friends; Hello, Technology! by The Paris Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 28, 2012 \u2013 Au revoir, Village Voice bookstore! You will be missed! 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