{"id":1080,"date":"2008-09-30T14:17:26","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T18:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2008-09-30T14:17:26","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T18:17:26","slug":"book-tech-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/book-tech-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Tech Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Going by the number of hits it gets, evidently my most popular post to date was back in June, titled &#8220;<a title=\"Earlier post: How Important Is Reading?\" href=\"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/how-important-is-reading\/\">How Important Is Reading?<\/a>&#8221; Here are some of the search terms which people have used to find this page:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>how important is reading? <em>(with and without the &#8220;?&#8221;)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>is reading important? <em>(ditto)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>why is reading important <em>(ditto)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>why reading is important<\/li>\n<li>why is reading so <em>[!]<\/em> important<\/li>\n<li>important of reading<\/li>\n<li>reading is important<\/li>\n<li>how important is reading a book?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;d probably feel better about the traffic that page has engendered if I&#8217;d actually contributed much in the way of content at there; after all, it&#8217;s pretty much just a video, with a couple introductory sentences. Still, it&#8217;s encouraging that so many people want to know about the subject.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s post &#8212; again, with most of the content provided via video &#8212; is sort of in the same category. Rather than addressing the question of reading&#8217;s importance, though, this one starts with the assumption that reading is indeed important&#8230; so important, in fact, that if you don&#8217;t know what to do with a book, you simply <em>must<\/em> call upon a knowledgeable expert.<\/p>\n<p>(The video &#8212; subtitled in English for philistines like me &#8212; is from the Norwegian TV show &#8220;\u00d8ystein og jeg,&#8221; with \u00d8ystein Backe and Rune Gokstad. 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