Books in Your Inbox
September 20th, 2006
Clarissa P.
We all know how important it is to get kids reading, but us adults tend to get caught up in our busy lives and not find time to read. I just found a neat website called Daily Lit that allows you to read books by email, for free!
You can choose from a number of older books that are in the public domain (past their copyright period), and sign up to receive emails daily (or every weekday) with the book split up into small sections. Each section takes only a few minutes to read. The number of emails depends on the length of the book: Macbeth is only 27 emails, while War and Peace is 675.
I signed up for The Wizard of Oz (I’ve seen the movie but never read the book) and I’m currently on the third installment. It’s fun to have something to look forward to in my inbox every morning. This could also come in handy for anyone with a PDA or cellphone that gets email — you can make sure you have something to read while you’re on the bus or waiting in line at the bank.
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Stephanie R. Says:
September 20th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
This is great! I just signed up for “The Call of Wild”. I’ve been wanting to read this for a while now. Thanks!
Katie B. Says:
September 20th, 2006 at 7:02 pm
Another great resource of this same type is the “Discovering Dickens” and “Discovering Sherlock Holmes” Projects from Stanford University. Each year (usually in the Spring) they select a different novel to reproduce in its original, serialized form. You can choose to receive the weekly editions in hard copy or by email. I’ve participated several times and have really enjoyed reading some classic novels this way. Be sure to check these projects out at http://dickens.stanford.edu/ and http://sherlockholmes.stanford.edu/.
Lori Says:
September 26th, 2006 at 7:45 am
What a fantasic resource! Thanks for the tip. I live in Saudi and libraries are NOT high on any social priority list!
Lori
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