The print book publishing business was growing by huge margins and raking in ever-growing amounts of money—until now. Ikea has ruined it. Why do Swedish people love lingonberries but hate the printed word?

Fall's the time for sitting on the couch with an overflowing snack bowl and dogs in your lap, sunning yourself in the bright lamp light that helps you to manage your Seasonal Affective Disorder, and trying not to think of winter. In other words, a perfect time for reading—and this fall brings the release of so many…

Stop whatever it is you're doing and listen up. We bring you now a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to name what is sure to become an enduring work of American literature: the Kardashians' first book!

Convicted Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff has a lot of time to kill in jail. So what does he do? Well, for one thing, give jailhouse interviews—such as this most recent one to the Financial Times—where he can rail about the banks he believes (more or less accurately, in our estimation) were complicit in his scheme. But…

Libraries: who needs them? We all have our very own libraries by the name of "The Internet" at our fingertips now, and these libraries include porn. So what can old public libraries do to keep up? First, toss those books.

While most of our lives are devoted to the watching and hearing of things, occasionally, yes, we do read a thing or two. Here are our choices for our favorite reads of the year, books or otherwise.

In this video, a tiny asshole who's just gotten a Wii and a bunch of other toys for Christmas freaks out when his parents dare to give him a book, a book, as well. This is why we're dumb, folks.

The ability to drive a public bus while reading a Kindle is a gift. And now, here's a bus driver from Omnibus De México labeling some CD's, writing on a clipboard, and not paying much attention while driving pretty fast.

Google has just introduced a new option that allows you to filter search results by "reading level." Who knows what black magick is behind this, but we thought it would be fun to compare some popular websites.

America's awful parents: if they're not taping their kids to the wall, then they're overparenting them, starting in kindergarten, so they can "get into Harvard" in 15 years. For example: even pre-literate toddlers are too smart for picture books.

Suzi Hanks is a DJ for a classic rock station in Houston. In her free time, she records herself reading Playboy magazine for the blind. NPR's All Things Considered interviewed Suzi about it, and provided clips from her recordings.

Portland, Oregon is home to Powell's, one of the country's best book stores. Portlanders love to read, and this bus driver is no exception. But, dude, how about you don't read while you're driving a bus down the highway?

Do you want to be able to discuss the endings of 50 classic novels, but can't spend the time it takes to read all of them? If so, then it's your lucky day! 50 endings. Four minutes. Be spoiled, inside.

Champions of the printed page, rejoice! A new study found that reading speed declines anywhere from 6.2-10.7% when using a Kindle or iPad instead of an old-fashioned book. This is probably because people keep asking to touch your iPad. [Mashable]

Never before has the existential turmoil of a classic children's story resounded as readily as now, with directorial genius Werner Herzog, that champion of the darkness of the human psyche, giving his own re-telling of Madeline.

Never in history has anything good come from a "manifesto." Their effects range from misguided repression (political manifestos) to mere annoyance (college student-written manifestos). Oh look, a new "manifesto" is out! "A Slow-Word Movement." First ever good manifesto? No.

Have some free time on your hands? Sure you do! Listen to David Sedaris read his short story, "Six to Eight Black Men," in it's entirety. The story is about about how Christmas is celebrated far away in the Netherlands.

Here is the German Economy Minister, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, reading a fairy tale about the exchange rate to some children at the behest of "the German Center for Fairy Tale Culture." Ok, Germany! Can you imagine if Geithner did this?

June 18 @ 11pm Wearing mustard colored pants and walking with his hand around some hipster girl wearing argyle socks and blue pumps. He had some magazine stuffed in his back pocket. [Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com]

Now readers of blogs can choose to not read books the cheap way. Elizabeth Wagley, a communications adviser for Doctors of the World, has founded the Progressive Book Club, which hopes to harness the power of the Internets and is already off to a good start by complimenting the vast competitive conspiracy: "The right…