{"id":50043,"date":"2013-04-05T09:28:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T13:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=50043"},"modified":"2013-04-05T09:41:06","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T13:41:06","slug":"moist-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/05\/moist-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Moist, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wetnaps-moist-towelette-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-50048\" alt=\"wetnaps-moist-towelette-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/wetnaps-moist-towelette-photo.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cOther books I can&#8217;t throw away because\u2014well, they&#8217;re books, and you can&#8217;t throw away a book, can you?\u201d In memory of the late <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.suntimes.com\/ebert\/2009\/10\/books_do_furnish_a_life.html\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Ebert<\/a>, an essay on libraries and love.<\/li>\n<li>Amazon is in the process of testing an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-digital-reader.com\/2013\/04\/03\/amazon-is-now-beta-testing-an-automated-cover-generator-for-kindle-ebooks\/\" target=\"_blank\">automated cover generator<\/a>. 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