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My biggest aids to reading more books have been technical: 1) Goodreads to track books, maintain a to-read queue, share reviews, etc. Plus the "reading challe
by rdl 9y ago
My biggest aids to reading more books have been technical:
1) Goodreads to track books, maintain a to-read queue, share reviews, etc. Plus the "reading challenge" feature, which shows if you're on-track or not (2016: 52 originally, then 68. 2017 goal: 78, but possibly 104.)
2) Kindle -- not having to physically deal with books while traveling, and having access to my entire collection.
3) Audible -- when driving, flying, trying to fall asleep, etc., audiobooks are preferable to text (at least for me). Certain books work very well as audiobooks (better than text, even), and some are worse.
4) Synced audio/kindle -- being able to switch back and forth on a single book between the two formats on demand
- thameera 9y agoI was skeptical of audio books until I discovered WhisperSync with Kindle and Audible. This has definitely improved my reading pace and motivation.
- CPUstring 9y agoI've made the mistakes of reading more scientifically inclined books on Audible, but I've recently realized there are three strong categories (1) history books, (2) history-of-science/scientist type books, and (3) self-help/philosophy books. Listening to Marcus Aurelius before bed while brushing my teeth turns out to be a good meditation.
- rdl 9y agoI really like fiction in audiobook format, too. I have been disappointed by the short story collections I've found, but it seems like there could be a great marketplace for short fiction in audio form.
- rdl 9y agoI really like fiction in audiobook format, too. I have been disappointed by the short story collections I've found, but it seems like there could be a great marketplace for short fiction in audio form.