This cartoon by Tom Gault in the New York Times Magazine is a nice companion piece to my Reader Species poster, which certainly I.D.s some of the more guilt-ridden species.
Category: On Reading
“I don’t have time to read a book”—The Slippery Social Media Slope {video}
What people do with their reading has changed greatly in a mere 4 years, due to the rise of the smartphone & various social media. Read a book? A twice-a-year luxury, for most. And people admit this blithely in the context of “being swamped.”
What Species of Book Reader Are You? [FREE INFOGRAPHIC]
Click to see my infographic describing 50 species of book readers. You’ll definitely see yourself (The Kindle Convert?) and a few of your friends (The Book Thief? The Bathroom Reader?) http://clicktotweet.com/8mI3f
Exercising my reading muscles
I’m linking to a writers’ website I do tech support for because a) there’s lots of fun posts on the site and b) I wrote one of the items, about finding good books in unlikely places. Check it out.