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Website of the Day: Book Army
Though I've yet to splurge on a Kindle 2, I'm dying for one, since I don't think I'll ever grow out of my bookworminess.
Until I get one, I'll still read them the old-fashioned way, and I can still use tech to find new reads. Book Army is my new destination for literary recommendations.
Website of the Day: Wordds
There's a good portion of you that are already reading entire books on your iPhone, but there's also a majority of you who are still on the fence about reading from an electronic device. Well, have I got the ideal "baby steps" approach for you!
I came across a new site on DownloadSquad called Wordds that features articles (which people can vote on) and breaks them up into word counts.
Website of the Day: TidyRead
Sick of all the junk and clutter on websites? You know what I'm talking about — huge advertisements and weird pop-ups that you just can't seem to close fast enough? Well I came across a site on makeuseof that will strip away all of the hot messes on websites and provide you with a simple and easy-to-read site.
Safari Launches a Mobile Version of Books Online
I still haven't gotten into the habit of reading eBooks on my cell phone. Call me crazy — because I seem to manage reading pages and pages of emails just fine — I just can't seem to wrap my mind around the idea of reading an entire book on my phone. But for those of you who have already jumped on the phone-reading bandwagon, Safari has just launched a mobile version of its online bookstore.
Website of the Day: Book Glutton
If you've already caught onto eReading, whether it's with your Kindle, or reading PDF books on your laptop, then you'll be happy to know that a user-friendly site has been created for eBook lovers. When I first read about Book Glutton on TechCrunch, it instantly dawned on me how great this site really is.
Described as a site that's a cross between a book, a community, and a website, Book Glutton allows users to chat with others on a chapter-by-chapter basis, or you can leave notes on certain paragraphs for people to respond to later.
Would You Buy a Cheaper, Thinner, More Stylish Kindle?
Word on the street is that the current generation of the Kindle is going to be replaced by a newer, younger, and prettier model.
It sounds like it's going to take a crack at improving upon the things that many (and I personally) dislike about the Kindle: the price, which will go down from $359 to a rumored $249, and the design, which is angular and slightly awkward (but surprisingly lovely in person), is to be refined. It's also rumored to be much thinner, and have a better screen.
Do You Care Which Site You Buy Your Books From?
International bookseller Borders recently announced that it would be breaking free from Amazon after a seven-year partnership. It's already launched a revamped website that's intended to provide a more "real-world" visual online book-shopping experience — something that Amazon doesn't offer just yet. The new and improved site features a "Magic Shelf," an interactive browsing window that enables users to check out highlighted music, books, and movie titles.
Literary Gadgetry Slideshow
Lately I've been absolutely giddy with indulging my first geeky love: Books. When I spotted this gorgeous Dutch Enlightenment Book Light, it hit me that Steve Jobs was wrong — people do still read books, and technology will never strip us of our desire to read. To prove my point, I've put together a slideshow of geeky reading-related products and websites, all geared toward book-thirsty geeks, for your, ahem, your reading pleasure.
The Geeky Good Night Reading Quilt
I try my absolute best to keep gadgets out of the bedroom. So instead of surfing the internet before bed (like I used to do), I opt for reading a good book. I love books, but I don't know if I'd want my entire bed to look like a page from one!
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Tech Dating 101: Do You Save Messages From Your Date?
One of the benefits of of digital technology is that every email, text, and voicemail is easily saved, stored, and relived. It's helpful when you're dating someone — I think it's both fun and cute to reread old messages. (Though I suppose this can get dicey when trying to cut your ex out of your digital life, but that's a topic for another day).
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