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You must love librarians. That's one of the prerequisite qualities of The Average Publishing Spot reader.

How in the heck can you love books if you don't love the people who protect your books? Read about these hip librarians in the New York Times that everybody is talking about, and then read our interview with librarian and author Jenna Freedman.

Another prerequisite is that you love books. Here's a test: Does this Urban Muse passage bring a tear to your eye?

"Those of you who came of age in the 1990’s probably remember the Scholastic book orders. Once a month, the teacher handed out those colorful little order forms that listed all of the books available to students that month (this was pre-Amazon, of course). I pored over all the options and saved up my allowance to buy Babysitter’s Club and American Girl books, most of which set me back $0.99 to $2.99."

Finally, John Swansburg takes a nostalgic trip into the hearts and minds of the writers who gave us great kids' cartoons like GI Joe and Transformers, coming back with a few bits of wisdom: "No one ever died in these shows. Even in G.I. Joe, a cartoon about a special U.S. Army strike force, no Rattler was ever shot down without the pilot first safely ejecting."

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