Where Have All the Novel-Reading Men Gone?

Readers respond to a Styles article about the reading habits of men. Also: Women’s choices; chatbots in toys; conservative professors.

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New Digital Comics Store Takes Aim at Amazon

Two veterans of Comixology, a site that the e-commerce colossus bought in 2014, are now starting a rival to compete with it.

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Barbara Holdridge, Whose Record Label Foretold Audiobooks, Dies at 95

Beginning with a reading by Dylan Thomas, she and a friend found unlikely commercial success in the 1950s with recordings of famous writers reciting their work.

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Pierre Nora, 93, Who Probed Role of Memory in Writing of History, Dies

A renowned French scholar and publishing figure, he looked at what societies choose to honor — and forget — in telling their stories.

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How a Booker Prize-Winning Work From India Redefined Translation

An extraordinary author-translator collaboration produced a book, “Heart Lamp,” that was lauded for enriching the English language.

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A.I. Can Trick You, Warns Book That Hid A.I.’s Help Writing It

People were deceived. Accusations of dishonesty and even illegality flew. But the man behind the book defends it, calling it not a prank but a “philosophical experiment.”

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‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal

The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.

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Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias

An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry this will have a chilling effect on publications.

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A Killer’s Archive Is Offered for $80,000. Who Should Profit?

Albert Jones’s 11 books describe life in prison. His victims’ relatives say his family should not benefit from a sale of his story.

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She Wrote Last Summer’s Hit Thriller. Naturally, TV Was Next.

Suddenly Liz Moore blazed, comet-like, onto small screens and best-seller lists. But her writing career has been a slow burn.

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