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Bookish (3 of 3): LOOSE LINKS (4#) -

The BookSurge Revolt: This is
a skirmish we really didn't need:

"YouWriteOn, the Arts Council initiative for new writers, has called for a boycott of Amazon after the retailer's move to push publishers into using its own print on demand service."

:: Recently noted on the LIS blog, too.

# Richard Askwith set off on an automobile tour of rural England to see how much is left of the old-fashioned local village style of life. The Lost Village is reviewed by Christopher Hart.

# A notable overview survey of research into the phenomenon of jihadiism from the Times of London Literary Supplement: Studying the Jihadies by Thomas Hegghammer. [TLS]

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