The Book Light Mood Lamp is a great way to express your love of books. It’s got 5 different colors and some other cool features that will brighten your day. You can get your own here. Read more…More about Books, Mashable Video, Reading, Sale, …
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Subway worker forgets to turn off intercom, accidentally entertains riders with Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno’
Lesson learned: Working by the subway intercom is probably not the best time to catch up on your reading.
In Toronto yesterday, Michelle discovered an elevator passenger assistance intercom at a subway station that was giving some extremely strange a…
Learn how to publish your own e-book
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In On Writing, Stephen King describes the moment when every writer reads something that’s been published and realizes it’s total garbage. And if that garbage was good enough to go in a book, surely their garbage can survive out there in the wild, with real readers and everything.
These days, it’s the easiest it’s ever been to self-publish, assuming you’re willing to do the work. But how do you even get started? This set of online courses is dedicated to self-publishing e-books. It’s a straightforward way to get expert guidance, and it’s only $25 for all seven courses. Here’s what’s included: Read more…
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View More Learn how to publish your own e-book9 short stories from female British writers you need to read before you die
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Short stories may not take as long as novels to put together, but that doesn’t make them any easier to perfect.
Crafting a short story that really sings off the page — one that stays with the reader after the book’s been slotted back on the shelf — is no easy feat.
There are plenty of people who have one hell of a talent for it, though.
From libraries and hospitals to pressed roses and foot fetishes, here are some short stories from female British writers you badly need to check out. Read more…
1. “When the Door Closed, It Was Dark”, by Alison Moore (published in The Best British Short Stories 2011)
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These are the best deals on Amazon’s home tech devices for Black Friday
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Black Friday is a battlefield, y’all. Tablets, smart home assistants, and all the other Amazon devices we’ve been drooling over all year are finally marked down.
Here’s what you need to know:
Life is easier with smart home assistants
If you’ve been wanting to get your hands on an Echo Dot, snag one at their lowest price ever for just $29.99.
Save on the bigger Echo products as well — grab the classic Echo for $20 off at just $79.99 and the Echo Plus for $30 off at $119.99.
Speaking of Echo, you can add a smart plug to any Echo purchase for only $5 — that’s $20 off. Read more…
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When’s the last time you read a book? If you’re similar to a quarter of Americans, your answer could be zeroAccording to the Pew Research Center, 26% of Americans don’t read a single book, even in part, over the course of a year. But even if you’re a regular reader, you probably wish you had more time to get through your bookcase and actually read all the books you’ve got piling up in there, instead of just saying you did.
Your secret weapon: speed-reading. Speed readers are pretty much the masters of getting sh*t done. Read more…
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Ever since Twitter made 280 characters available to everyone, it seems like the site has become a wall of text. If you find yourself saying TL;DR one too many times, then taking a course in speed reading might be the way to go — and you could also improve your vocabulary in the process.
The Vocab1 + 7 Speed Reading: Lifetime Subscription is a dual online program that allows you to advance your vocabulary and accelerate your reading speed. It can help you improve your reading speed by up to 3.47X. (Imagine saving a whole minute of your life just when reading articles like this.) Read more…
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Here’s how does a word get into the dictionary
We interviewed someone who compiles dictionaries and found out that there may be a lot more than you think when it comes to how a word makes its way into the dictionary.
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