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crl-15903	Dousa, Thomas	Briscoe, Peter. The Best Read Man in France: A Cautionary Tale. Rockville, Md.: Borgo Press (an imprint of Wild-side Press), 2007. 119p. $12.95 (ISBN 1434400808).	2007-11-01	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1912	72	46	In the book under review, he presents a heartfelt critique of the digitization of libraries and defense of traditional book culture in the form of a novella embodying a “cautionary tale about the demise of the printed book, the decline of reading, and the confl ict of print and digital culture.” Briscoe’s basic message seems to be that, whereas libraries have historically been the natural allies of the bibliophilic forces of light, their recent turn toward fund- ing for digital resources to the detriment of book acquisition and preservation is turning them into abettors of the forces of darkness.	cache/crl-15903.pdf	txt/crl-15903.txt