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Ever caught yourself saying “I’m reading a great book” only to awkwardly correct yourself with “…well, actually I’m listening to it”? That guilty pause says a lot. But you have nothing to feel bad about. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman, Dr. Bob Duke, and Rebecca McInroy break down […]
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You see it mentioned on almost every e-reader device—that is, tablet specialized for reading e-books—but what is it, really?
Not long ago, I was auditing a codebase for work (looking for bugs) when I realized that despite the quality of the code, I was becoming mentally fatigued extremely quickly and had a hard time working on it for long stretches of time…
Note: Back in 2013, when Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature, we published a post featuring 20 short stories written by Munro.
Scrolling, scanning, skipping: How do users consume content online? Here’s what you need to know about reading behavior and design strategies to prevent harmful scanning patterns. An upcoming part of Smart Interface Design Patterns.
Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Read, borrow, and discover more than 3M books for free.
Unread books are as powerful as the ones we read. An antilibrary is a private collection of unread books capturing the vastness of the unknown.
This is a great riff on how reading works and on the network effects of reading. Links below. Tyler says: … I go through five or ten books a day. And which parts of them I’ve read you can debate – maybe it washes out to be two or three books a day. Some good… Read More »Tyler Cowen on reading fast, reading well, and reading widely
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love my tsundoku.
These reoccuring story elements have proven effects on our imagination, our emotions and other parts of our psyche
Barnes & Noble has found new life in a community of TikTokers that has taken the publishing industry by storm.
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Unputdownable books you can finish in bed tonight.
Forget cramming, ditch the highlighter, and stop passively rereading. The psychology of learning offers better tactics
Wattpad is turning these user-generated stories into books, TV shows, and movies.
People tend to think of digital media as entertainment, so they devote less mental effort than when they’re reading a printed book.
A world beyond Amazon
How we evolved to read is a story of one creative species.
It's important to read books, but it's just as important to remember what you read. Read this article to learn three reading comprehension strategies.