Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Kindle Highlights
“Because sometimes things happen to people and they’re not equipped to deal with them.” That’s a quote from Catching Fire, the second Hunger Games book, by Suzanne Collins. It’s also the most-highlighted passage on Amazon’s Kindle.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 1 min read“Because sometimes things happen to people and they’re not equipped to deal with them.” That’s a quote from Catching Fire, the second Hunger Games book, by Suzanne Collins. It’s also the most-highlighted passage on Amazon’s Kindle. The Hunger Games, the Bible, and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen top Amazon’s list of books with the most highlighted quotes. We discuss what this kind of data tells us about our reading culture and the future of books.
