From: Janet Stewart <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 15:40:56 +0000

I actually had thought of taking photos not of those reading books on
the subway but of those coming out of the subway still reading books
as they walk down the sidewalk--I wanted to know which books were so
good the readers  couldn’t stop.

Believe it or not there are still the occasional sightings  of books
being read on the run on city sidewalks.

And the sight does make one stop and take notice as it is becoming
rarer in the crowd of portable devices.

Janet Stewart
Collection Development Librarian
Healey Library
UMASS BOSTON
Boston, MA 02125
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From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:39:37 -0500

I actually think the codex is on the verge of a comeback, but . . .

http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/01/09/reinier_gerritsen_photographs_readers_on_the_subway_in_his_series_the_last.html?wpsrc=sh_all_tab_tw_bot

Jim O'Donnell
Georgetown