No time to read? Try DailyLit.
May 23, 2007 by Lillie
Like many of you, I never seem to have enough time to read for pleasure. I love to sit and read a book in one sitting, but I don’t often have the opportunity.
DailyLit offers a solution. The Web site says:
We created DailyLit because we spent hours each day on email but could not find the time to read a book. Now the books come to us by email. Problem solved.
Books are sent out in installments that can be read in under five minutes. You can choose to receive the installments via e-mail or RSS. I chose RSS and read the daily installment as I’m reading all my feeds.
The books currently available are in the public domain or available under a Creative Commons license. Teleread tells the story behind the site and reports that DailyLit may soon be offering new titles from publishers. My guess is that there will be costs associated with new titles, but the currently available titles are free.
If you’re like me and have a long list of classics you plan to get around to reading sometime, Daily Lit allows you to do it in under five minutes a day for free. Little time and no money – sounds like a winning combination to me.
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What a cool site! I love to read, but I often find myself in the position of not having enough time. (I used to do a Bible study that came to me through e-mail.)
I wonder, do you ever get frustrated when you’re caught up in a DailyLit e-mail and you want to read past what they’ve sent you for the day?
Hi Laura,
I’ve resisted the temptation so far, but there is a link at the end of the feed (or e-mail) to order the next installment immediately. So if you just can’t wait, you could probably sit and read the whole book in five minute increments.
This is what I call a cool find.
Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome, Mig. I thought others would enjoy it as much as I do.
Great find! Now I can brush up on my literary classics. Thanks a lot for sharing!
That’s my goal, also, Jay.
Wow! this looks really interesting.
I’ve just started using this, Alcohol Rehabilitation, but I’m really enjoying it.
LOL! This is funny. You just gave me an indea… to write about what names to use in our signature when we post comments in other blogs. Obviously “Alcohol Rehabilitation” is using these words as signature for SEO purposes… Sory to go off-topic, but I had to share this thought.
Mihaela,
That would make a great topic. I like to respond to a person – not a keyword.
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