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Penguin Books is launching a bold new experiment. They’re introducing the “dwarsligger” into the American market. It’s a hand-held book the size of a smartphone that can be read with one hand. You can flip the pages upward like on an iphone. The World’s Marco interviews Penguin Books president and publisher Julie Strauss-Gabel.

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