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Spain In Spain, trains offer first chapter of novels through QR codes

on April 17, 2012 and filed under: Government, Media & Publishing, Transportation

The Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Government Railways) has placed posters offering download links to the first chapters of books on its trains as part of the National Reading Plan, with aims to improve literacy.

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GermanyUnited States Books that double up as smoking papers or a classic dish

on April 13, 2012 and filed under: Marketing & Advertising, Media & Publishing

Snoop Dogg’s Rolling Words Smokable Songbook is a collection of his best lyrics printed onto rolling papers, while design agency Korefe has produced an edible cookbook made of pasta.

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Netherlands App offers stranded passengers stories based on delay time

on March 20, 2012 and filed under: Lifestyle & Leisure, Media & Publishing

VertragingsApp from the Netherlands supplies readers with short stories based on the time it takes to read each piece.

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Germany Invisible material can link offline print to digital content

on March 7, 2012 and filed under: Marketing & Advertising, Media & Publishing

Touchcode uses an invisible, printable, material to link offline print to digital content.

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Brazil In Brazil, books sold through vending machines at pay-what-you-want prices

on February 20, 2012 and filed under: Media & Publishing, Retail

Brazilian company 24×7 Cultural recently launched an initiative enabling customers to choose the price they want to pay for the books sold through its subway station vending machines.

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United States Augmented reality poetry book can only be read via webcam

on January 27, 2012 and filed under: Media & Publishing

Between Page And Screen is a printed book of poems that relies entirely on augmented reality to convey its words.

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United States A crowdfunded, book-publishing platform with non-profit extension

on January 23, 2012 and filed under: Media & Publishing

PUBSLUSH is a publisher with a non-profit extension that enables book fans to fund the new novels they wish to see published.

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United States PDF reader lets researchers organize, search and annotate articles

on December 8, 2011 and filed under: Education, Media & Publishing

ReadCube can perform full-text searches across a library of academic PDF articles, and even offers outside recommendations based on those the user reads.

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United Kingdom Web-connected printer creates personalized mini newspapers

on December 7, 2011 and filed under: Media & Publishing

Little Printer enables users to set up subscriptions to a range of publications, which it then prints as one miniature newspaper.

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Australia Letter-writing service accepts clothing as payment

on November 25, 2011 and filed under: Fashion & Beauty, Media & Publishing

Clothing for Correspondence is an Australian letter-writing service that asks only an item of clothing in return for its written work.

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