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Why Has Germany Been So Slow to Embrace E-Books?

By Reihan Salam

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September 28, 2012 7:55 PM

Pascal Gobry recently linked to a fascinating article by Caroline Winter of Bloomberg Businessweek on why Germans have been so reluctant to switch from printed books to e-books. It offers a window into a number of distinctive aspects of Germany’s economy and its cultural norms.

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