Is the Book Market Contracting? (Dear Author)
In the past few months, three of the big five traditional publishers have posted a downturn in sales: Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Reading these reports has felt alarming to me.
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Reading on a Tablet is Bad for Your Neck (GoodeReader)
A recent study of 33 university students who use tablets 50+% of their time. Users were tested in a variety of usage positions and whilst reading and typing for 2-5 minutes.
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What I Learned from a Day Unplugged (Apartment Therapy)
I don’t consider myself addicted to my phone, but recently I’ve noticed some bad habits lately — like going for it as soon as I wake up to check social media, checking my email while I’m in car at a stoplight (I know, I know!), or checking my phone for one particular reason and then going down a rabbit trail that keeps me on my phone for way too long.
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What the English of Shakespeare Actually Sounded Like (The Week)
Let’s hop into a time machine and go back to the England of yore!
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Kindle Daily Deal: I, Claudius and Claudius the God (and others)