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Old 02-04-2009, 12:15 PM   #17
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great - so basically cliff's notes go to video

i can't imagine any circumstance where readers would find this a good thing, and although you never know, i can't see why non-readers would want to pay for a book summary. well, except for busy execs who need to show clients they're up to date with modern reading without actually spending the time to read...

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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
If you read the "Washington Post" article, it says that it's a person reading to a camera, but not reading text from the actual book - more presenting a spoken summary of what the book says.

I really can't see it catching on, but stranger things have happened!

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