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Get Your Reading On: Audiobooks
Earlier this week we took a look at reading books via email and RSS feeds. Today, we are going to look at something a little more friendly on the eyes, audiobooks. I say “friendly on the eyes” because it doesn’t really require your eyes so much as it requires a good set of ears and some earphones or speakers. Audiobooks have been around for a while in some form or another. There was “Books on Tape” then we graduate to “Books on CD” and now with iPods, there is digital audiobooks. There are a couple of sites that sell audiobooks online and we’re going to look at several of them in this article. Continue reading
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Get Your Reading On: DailyLit.com
Alright, I hope you are excited about using technology to help you read more. As I said in the introduction, reading is an integral part of our lives. We do it on such a consistent basis, and it’s not always what we want to read. It might be for work, or for the kids, or even for anyone else but ourselves. That’s one of the things that I hope to help your remedy today. With all of today’s technological advances you would think that someone out there would give us a better way to read using all this great and wonderful tech that we use everyday. How about a way to read an entire book through your email, for free (or a small fee depending on the book)?
This is where DailyLit.com comes into play. DailyLit.com makes reading on a daily basis a snap. You simply sign up for an account (they will send you a registration verification), pick the book (or books you want to get in your email, and the next day you begin reading the books you’ve always wanted to read. Continue reading
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links for 2008-02-10
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