According to the Global Times, the 7th annual National Reading Survey canvassed 29 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and covered over 19,000 readers.
It round that newspaper reading declined 15.6 percent and paperback reading declined as well.
24.6 percent of the respondents had read digital books and 91 percent of them said that they would not […]
Manybooks.net Adds QR Codes
Manybooks.net QR Codes
This is for people reading on mobile phones. Go to the website for more information and links.
A QR code is a two-dimensional bar code that works as a convenient way to “tag” content for mobile phone users. I’ve added these to the site so that folks browsing from their computer can quickly open the relevant page on their QR code-enabled cellphones.
Android phones can install a barcode reader app that understands QR codes, and iPhones have many applications to choose from (Barcodes [iTunes] is free and works well, QRCode is free and is much faster). Nokia users can install a free application from UpCode.
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Libertary – Site Providing Free Online Reading
Libertary: Freedom Of The Book
This looks to be a fairly new site because their collection is still small. They have fiction and non-fiction books, so far most are non-fiction. You can read online for free or purchase a hard copy, these are the only options. Each book has a dedicated forum in case you want to discuss it with others. There are ads on the side of each page, but not a whole lot.
File type: online html.
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Concentration by Court Merrigan
Chris Meadows recently wrote on the sapping of our attention spans. In between clicks away to gmail, Facebook, and Chris’s own links, I was just able to read through to the end, and the comments after.
Now perhaps I am merely mentally lazy and weak, as Steve Jordan suggests, but I don’t think reclaiming your […]
New York Times covers reader reactions to Amazon price increase
The New York Times has an article covering the implications of the impending agency pricing model for book sales. It mentions the one-star ratings that have shown up when e-book editions have been delayed or perceived as too expensive, and warns that publishers may be in for more than they bargain for with the increase […]