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		<title>Finish that F&#8217;in Book Already</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing the theme from my last post about the video digestibility, I was just introduced to a service by Eric that take continuous media snacking into account&#8230;and given I haven&#8217;t made it to the final page of a book in more than two months, should be right up my alley. (I hope.) 
It&#8217;s called DailyLit [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Continuing the theme from <a href="http://elgaffney.blogspot.com/2008/07/length-matters.html">my last post about the video digestibility</a>, I was <a href="http://www.marketing.fm/2008/07/07/ny-tech-meetup-070108/">just introduced to a service by Eric</a> that take continuous <a href="http://elgaffney.blogspot.com/2007/11/me-you-me-meme.html">media snacking</a> into account&#8230;and given I haven&#8217;t made it to the final page of a book in more than two months, should be right up my alley. (I hope.) </p>
<p>It&#8217;s called <a href="http://www.dailylit.com/">DailyLit</a> and true to its name, it provides literature in bite-sized quantity via email or RSS feed daily (or on the exact schedule you&#8217;d prefer, so you don&#8217;t have to receive text on weekends for example). And to answer your next question, if you have more time you can receive the next installment (and more) on-demand.</p>
<p>According to the founders:<br />
<blockquote>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.</p></blockquote>
<p>I know Matt is going to wish he thought of this given <a href="http://www.mjdaog.com/blog/2008/2/20/how-much-do-i-read-every-day.html">this post</a> of his detailing the challenge laid out and solved above. As someone who hates starting something and leaving it incomplete, such as the three books I&#8217;m stalled on right now—<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sharp-Teeth-Toby-Barlow/dp/0061430226/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1215526791&#038;sr=1-1">Sharp Teeth</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/1776-David-McCullough/dp/0743226720/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1215526832&#038;sr=1-1">1776</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Earth-Awakening-Lifes-Purpose/dp/0525948023">A New Earth</a>—I thinking very seriously about browsing/signing up pronto.</p>
<p>Actually upon further investigation, I found this incredible idea/service they are providing free of charge: <a href="http://www.dailylit.com/about/twitter">Book Reading Groups via Twitter</a>. How sweet is that! And it&#8217;s rare for me to quote something a CEO says for a press release but you really get the sense that DailyLit&#8217;s Susan Danziger is sincere:<br />
<blockquote>We’re interested in exploring new ways to make books more accessible to readers, and sending book installments via Twitter is an innovative way to do just that. I also love the idea of creating a group experience by having folks from different parts of the world read books according to the same schedule.</p></blockquote>
<p>Very cool idea and very smart execution.</p>
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