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Can you really read a book on the Apple Watch?
many options when it comes to ebook reading, and the Apple Watch might be the most surprising option of all — the 1.5 inch screen...
Mar 30, 20162 min read


Amazon Popular Highlights, the “Hawking Index”, and Attention Spans
Wall Street Journal: “The Summer’s Most Popular Book is …”) had a clever use for Amazon’s Popular Highlights feature, while coining...
Feb 19, 20153 min read


Amazon’s “100 Books to Read in a Lifetime”
It’s actually a fairly interesting mix. And here’s a link to the GoodReads version — I wonder what the list composition would look like...
Mar 25, 20144 min read


Do We Really Care How Long It Takes Us To Read a Book?
What if we could know exactly how long it took us to read a book before we bought it? Does it really matter? This article from Publishing...
Feb 10, 20142 min read


Interesting: Which Countries Read The Most?
This showed up in my RSS feed, from The Paris Review. India is ranked at Number 1 with an impressive 10 hours, 42 minutes spent reading...
Nov 6, 20131 min read


On Reading Books in the Dark
I am an avid bedtime reader, for better or for worse. So this article from the Wall Street Journal, “Does reading in dim light hurt your...
Nov 1, 20132 min read


Reading and Our Attention Spans
“Today in the “modern life is hard” department: Reading books on tablets may be more difficult than reading print books. Sure, a tablet...
Oct 30, 20131 min read


On Not Reading Books
I like to assume, in all of my bookish hubris, that the reading of books is an excellent use of our free time. But in the interest of...
Mar 29, 20133 min read


Interesting: How to Read Faster, by Bill Cosby
“Bill Cosby may be best-known as the beloved personality behind his eponymous TV show, but he earned his doctorate in education and has...
Mar 15, 20132 min read


Who Reads eBooks?
“Over a fifth of American adults have read an eBook. EBook consumers are likely to be book enthusiasts who read across digital and print...
Feb 18, 20131 min read


Do We Remember Facebook Better Than Books …?
Study: People can remember more about Facebook than real books” — “Researchers at the University of Warwick and the University of...
Feb 11, 20131 min read


What to Read: End of the World Edition
I rather like Abe Books’ End of the World Literature – Post-Apocalyptic Fiction list (surprised I’d read more of these books than I...
Dec 20, 20121 min read


With eBooks, Does Page Turning Still Matter?
An ebook is and isn’t like a book. The reading experience follows different mechanics, by the very nature of the technology involved...
Jun 22, 20122 min read


“The House Was Quiet And The World Was Calm” — Wallace Stevens
No news today, just one of my favorite poems about reading: “The House was Quiet and the World Was Calm” by Wallace Stevens....
Jun 6, 20121 min read


Infographic: Learn How to Speed Read
I’m extremely interested in how we read the way we read — lately that interest has led to some scrutiny of the ways in how we might...
Apr 27, 20121 min read


E-Reading and Eye Strain
The other day, I took a look at the readability of different e-reading devices. One of the factors influencing the question of...
Jul 3, 20113 min read


E-Reading and Eye Strain
The other day, I took a look at the readability of different e-reading devices. One of the factors influencing the question of...
Jul 3, 20113 min read
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