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b"Gary\\xa0Hoover\\xa0loves\\xa0books. Among the nine companies he founded was the bookstore chain Bookstop, which was acquired by Barnes & Noble. He has a personal collection of 60,000 books, which he had to purchase an abandoned medical center to house. And he's the author of his own book, which is about books, called The Lifetime Learner's Guide to Reading and Learning.\\xa0\\n\\n\\nToday on the show, Gary shares how his fascination with books was born in his youth, why the collection he amassed over the decades is almost entirely\\xa0non-fiction, why he prefers physical\\xa0books over ebooks, and why getting your hands on old books can be particularly\\xa0beneficial in enhancing your knowledge of the world. From there we turn to Gary's method for\\xa0digesting a book, which allows him to glean its most valuable nuggets in just thirty\\xa0minutes, without having to read it cover to cover. We also talk about whether Gary takes\\xa0notes\\xa0on the books he reads, and how to incorporate more serendipity into the way you do your own reading and build your home library.\\n\\nCheck out the show notes at aom.is/hoover"