Tag Archives: reading

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Article: PDF Reading Apps on Android

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The link below is to an article that looks at apps for reading PDFs on Android.

For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/android/android-apps-for-reading-pdfs/

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Article: Is E-Reading Bad for Your Brain?

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The link below is to an article that asks the question, ‘is e-reading bad for your brain?’ What do you think?

For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/e-readers/the-science-of-the-reading-brain-does-the-brain-process-screen-reading-differently-than-paper-reading/

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Article: Do You Read Ebooks on a Smartphone?

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The link below is to an article that looks at reading on smartphones – do you? To small to be useful as far as I’m concerned. Perhaps a little now and then in the future – haven’t yet. I do have the Kindle app and Adobe Reader installed, so a little may be possible at some point. But not a lot.

For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/smartphones/reading-e-books-on-smartphones-how-popular-is-it/

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Article & Photos: Vintage Ads for Libraries and Reading

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The link below is to an article (with photos) featuring a number of vintage advertisements for reading and libraries.

For more visit:
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/11/vintage-ads-for-libraries-and-reading/

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Article: The Future is Digital

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The link below is to an article that reports on the future of reading and it is all digital.

For more visit:
http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Books-paper-covers-year-e-reader-rules/story-16691927-detail/story.html

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Article: Goodreads

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The link below is to an article that looks at the book and reading social network Goodreads.

For more visit:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/book-lovers-if-youre-not-already-on-goodreads-heres-why-you-should-be.php

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Article: E-Book Ergonomics

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The link below is to an article that considers an issue not touched on regularly, the matter of safety using an ebook reader and the problem of wrist pain.

For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/health-and-fitness/e-book-ergonomics-best-practices/

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Article: Year 1937 – Rules for Reading

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The link below is to a set of reading rules recently discovered from 1937. Anything important that may have been forgotten along the way?

For more visit:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/librarian-rules-for-reading-from-1937_b57272

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Article: Using Books for Purposes other than Reading

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The link below is to an article that looks at various ways to use books other than reading.

For more visit:
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/27/cool-non-literary-uses-for-books/

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Article: The Read-Nest Cabin

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Need a little quiet place to read? Perhaps this little reading cabin is just what you need tucked away in the backyard somewhere.

For more visit:
http://www.psfk.com/2009/06/dedicated-to-solitude-the-read-nest-cabin.html