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April 4, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The Iron King, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Reluctant Readers, Crowdsourcing – OH MY!

The true confessions of reluctant reader Darren Davis and his attempt to use crowdsourcing to help turn The Iron King by Julie Kagawa into a grapich novel Editor’s Note: Just last week, the largest (and fastest) crowdsourcing project ever occurred.  In just  a few hours millions of dollars were raised via Kickstarter to fund the […]

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