A week with Googlebooks: four notes from our testing so far
A week with Googlebooks: four notes from our testing so far
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9 stories in the last 7 days, reading neutral overall. Quiet in the last 24 hours.
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- 17in the latest 30
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| Thu, Oct 8 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Wed, Oct 7 | — | 0 |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 0.0 | 4 |
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