I’ve stopped collecting books for the person I imagine I might become someday. No one can read everything anymore—not with thousands of new books appearing every day and old books never truly disappearing. So I’m changing the way I build my library: only the books I want to read now, or very soon. No more guilt-inducing digital hoards. Just books that are actually mine because I’ve read them.
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Most people think reading ebooks on a phone is impossible: the screen is too small, there isn’t enough text, and you have to keep swiping. But once you discover the trick that makes page-turning effortless, phone reading becomes not just easy, but addictive. Here’s why your entire library belongs in your pocket.
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This is a series I wrote and released on this day seven years ago. As it turns out, I was prophetic. Just about everything I spoke about in this series is more or less the state of the industry right now…or heading there. For that reason, I’m bringing it forward again, so it doesn’t get
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Last week I asked the readers of my newsletter about print editions — did they like them, did they prefer them? The ensuing discussion on Facebook was lively and opinion was split nearly evenly both ways. Some readers can’t stand print. Others love their physical books. Way, way back in 2007 I posted an article
I’ve written at least two posts for this blog dealing with ebooks and print books (“Advantages And Drawbacks Of Both Paper And Pixel Books” and “E-book Reading 101 – Part A”), and both of them are a bit old now. I’ve stayed away from the print v’s ebook discussion for quite a while, primarily because
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Okay, so I got an Android Tablet for Christmas (Asus Infinity, love you, Mark), and finally realized that while cellphone reading is sooooo convenient (it is!), there is something lovely about that full screen, with a laid-out page and actual images embedded where they’re supposed to go. I never got the hang of hauling around
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There was a flurry over the weekend — you may have noticed it — and it had nothing to do with snow. This was the second weekend out of three when I am giving away a free ebook on the build up to Christmas, and there was a growing outcry about “But I don’t have
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eReaders are tumbling in price, but they still represent an investment in money. And there’s the time commitment, too. I don’t know about you, but I dithered for weeks until I finally commited to the Sony reader and the ePub format. Meantime, you’re still buying paperbacks that you will have to rebuy in ebook
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I’ve been feeling sort-of guilty for a few years now because I started reading electronically over ten years ago, first on my Palm Pilot, then on my cellphone. Then, when dedicated e-readers emerged, I finally thought I’d better put my money where my profession lived, and buy one of the damned things. I didn’t actually
The Reading Life – A New Trend in eReaders? Read More »
When it comes time to write these posts, my habit is to open up my reading software on my cellphone — Kindle, the ePub reader, Acrobat, etc — and find what it was that I’ve been reading lately, and report on that. Which puts me in an interesting position this month. First up, I’ve been
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