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Arthur “AJ” Boston wrote My Consumer Autobiography both as a way to document his year in reading but also to interrogate what it means to be a reader, a librarian, a library patron, and a person buying–or licensing–books in the digital age. Whether reading for his own pleasure, sharing books with his kids, reading to gain practical information, or reading for a greater understanding of the world, Boston investigates what his decisions about how to acquire and read books affect not only him but what they mean for digital ownership, licensing restrictions, and costs–in time, in money, and in effort–for everyone. Boston’s personal narrative ends up telling a much deeper and more thought-provoking story about the digital information landscape we now inhabit.
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