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Reading has a reputation for being an isolated activity. We often think of people in their pajamas or bathrobe, sunk into a massive armchair in front of a roaring fire, with a mug of hot cocoa in one hand and a page-turner in the other. Books have the unique ability to suck us into a whole new world where our imaginations are the only limit. So how can reading be social? Discussion, that’s how.
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Poor web design can really put a damper on your web browsing. Ever been to a website with a jet black background and neon font colors with flashing banner ads all over the place? Good luck trying to read that. But even properly designed websites can be hard to read thanks to intrusive ads or overall clutter. With Readability, you can bypass all of that.
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Multi-device content-saver Readability has launched Top Reads, a content aggregation site built upon its original service. Released on Friday, Top Reads is an extension of Readability itself, curating material from its own user-base. Top Reads generates content by sifting through the most-viewed material across all of Readability's many platforms.
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Amazon has its own set of flaws that send readers looking for an alternative that’s just as good. Looking to get away from Amazon, the Kindle, and DRM? Here are some of the best ebook reading apps that I’ve found on Android over the years. I’ve used each of them at some point in my life and I’ve been satisfied with all of them. Hopefully they work well for you, too.
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News reader and magazine app Flipboard has reached version 2.0 and includes some interesting new features. You can create your own personalized magazines, which can be either private or available to all. Creating your own magazine is easy as searching for your favorite topics on Flipboard and turning them into beautiful flippable magazines.
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Shelfari and Goodreads are both online tools to manage your book collection. Both websites help you create lists of books read and books yet to read, with reviews to help you decide and tips from friends to keep you going. I got started with Goodreads, but moved to Shelfari for its visual appeal. Shelfari's integration with Amazon also added to the bargain.
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If you're like me, you probably pile up a long list of articles in your Instapaper or Pocket accounts that you intend to read later. But keeping up with the books I want to read, and job-related reading requirements, I have nearly given up on reading anything later. But I also know that I tend to be a slow reader, because of my habit of subvocalizing and highlighting text as I read. I have always been aware of speed reading techniques, but I have never got around to practicing them.
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Having been brought up on western comic books, it's refreshing to be introduced to a wholly different comic book culture. Those of you that have already had the pleasure to make acquaintance with manga (Japanese comics) will agree on the certifiable wealth of stories contained in this comic book branch. And what better companion than your trusty iPad to journey through the manga landscape?
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While part of using a social network like Facebook or Twitter involves recommending articles and blog posts to read, there's a lot more that's going on these sites - between photos, what your friends had for lunch, and conversations - the recommended reads can sometimes get lost in the midst of all of the noise. Using a site that defines itself solely as a way to find and make recommendations on what to read is one way to cut past all that noise.
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I am presuming here that you the reader are now an adult or at least in your late teens who is probably reading at least a Dan Brown or the latest bestseller on political philosophy. But has the love for a Tintin or the caped crusaders gone away? Nostalgia has a strange way of popping its head. Not only that – the love for comics turns many of us into serious collectors in adulthood when we have the cents and dollars to put into it.
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Have you ever gone back searching the Internet for something you read and just couldn’t find it? I think we all have – it’s quite frustrating. The problem comes when we don’t take the time to save what we want to go back and look at. Although, that’s not the only problem – it also can be if you just don’t know what to use. there are some excellent tools that are free as well and work practically flawlessly.
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One of the cool things that you can do on an iPad is read magazines. When the slate was first announced, it was touted as one of the main selling points, but it's a feature that seems to have flown under the radar for the most part. Sure, Apple launched Newsstand, but most articles written on it are simply directions for tricking iOS into hiding it in a folder. Of course, it doesn't have to be this way, as there are some fantastic apps for magazine lovers.
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Download your Google Reader feeds – or the individual RSS feed of any website – as an ebook. NewsToeBook is a free service that connects to your Google Account, downloads any feed you like and even marks the things it downloads as read. With output for EPUB and MOBI, it supports basically every eReader on the market, and can even directly convert an RSS feed to an eBook if you're not a Google Reader user.
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If you enjoy reading, and like to use the Internet for finding great new reads, you may well have heard of Goodreads before: This is a superb website hosting a vibrant community of book lovers, teeming with book recommendations and reviews. In other words, an ideal place to find new reads.
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The iPad as a device could well be considered the first digital magazine. Its size, orientation, and high resolution screen nearly makes holding and reading it like a traditional paper magazine. And the developers of the magazine app, Flipboard, were probably the first to recognize how the iPad could turn the Internet into a mobile web magazine.
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