In a world of copycats and celebs, independent and indefinable books are winning out. There’s no money! Reading is dying! Authors are doomed unless they’re a Prince or much-loved tall telly man!

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The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal. Computer scientists often ...