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- Ursula K. Le Guin eBook Bundle (Ended)
Humble Bundle is offering 30 books* by Ursula K. Le Guin supporting the Literary Arts charity, including all of Earthsea, several Hainish novels, Catwings, short stories, Gifts/Voices/Powers, nonfiction writing… I’ve read the Earthsea series (good-to-great) and most of the Hainish novels (some great, some good, some OK), plus Lathe of Heaven (great), and I’ve got […]
- Reading More Books: A Different Problem
I’ve seen several articles lately that offer tips for those whose New Year’s resolutions include reading more books. A common thread: suggestions for what to read, or who to follow to get ideas what to read. That’s not the problem I have. I have stacks of books I want to read. The problem is time, […]
- Reading, Online vs. Off…or is it Screen vs. Print?
We know people read differently online than offline, and now spillover effects are appearing. But do different types of screens have the same effect?
- Time to Read
I have a long list of books I wanted to read this year, and I haven’t read nearly as many as I’d hoped. But some of the ones I have read are immense.
- That’s It!
Overheard on the playground: — Well I’m going to go on the internet! — Well, I’M going to go on the internet and READ A BOOK!
- Book a Day and Bogus Ads
How To Read a Book a Day by The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent. (via @johannadc) – I don’t think this will work for the new Wheel of Time book. Belly Button Lint and Bogus Ads – a marketer on refusing to participate in campaigns that mislead or flat-out lie about the product.
- Unexpected Shower
Bad idea of the day: I’ll be back before the rain starts again. No need to bring my umbrella.
- Links: Reading on the Rise & Bogus Forwards
It turns out that in the digital age, the average American reads three times as many words today as thirty years ago. Medal of Honor recipient Ed Freeman has been co-opted by a political disinformation campaign. Remember: any time you receive a political email that asks you to forward it to everyone you know, check […]
- No, They Don’t Read
It’s clear that a lot of people don’t actually read web pages before they respond to them. They’ll do things like… Contact someone with a similar name, even when it’s clearly the wrong sort of organization — say, a student writing club and not the bookseller that’s been causing them problems. Ask a blogger for […]
- Kindle(ing)
Amazon’s entire home page is currently taken up by the announcement of their new eBook reader, Kindle. At $400 I’m not going to rush out and buy one, but it looks like they’ve solved some of the main e-book problems: it’s small, light and wireless, and they even bring up the reading-in-bed issue in the […]
- Don’t you people READ?
Some people are so determined to make demands that they can’t be bothered to take 5 seconds to notice that they’re sending them to the wrong place.