About This Book
The extraordinary history of news and its dissemination, from medieval pilgrim tales to the birth of the newspaper Long before the invention of printing, let alone the availability of a daily newspaper, people desired to be informed. In the pre-industrial era news was gathered and shared through con...
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Reading Time Estimates
7h 38m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 30m
average reader
250 WPM
3h 56m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 82,500 wordsπ
11 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
5 h 30 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 7 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
9 h 10 min
Audio 2x
4 h 35 min
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- π 11 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π11 commutesΒ of 30 min each