How to read more books, if you have little time and effort

When there are no books at hand, read on a smartphone

To spite the progress of paper books in no hurry to go to the second plan. The smell of paint, the rustle of pages and the feeling of paper in his hands still outweigh the advantages of e-books in the minds of most readers.

But for the modern pace of life is more suitable digital texts. If you have a smartphone, so you carry a library in your pocket and you can always spend a free minute to book. long turnA trip on the subway, waiting for a friend - all these opportunities to read more.

Unlike paper, digital texts are always at hand.

Moreover, buying e-books, you do not spend time and effort in the marathon at bookstores or red tape with a delivery service. Just a few actions in the app or on the website, and the text you want flies on your smartphone. Fewer barriers between you and your new book - more time and motivation to read.

Large selection of Russian-language books available in online stores "liters"and Play BooksWho sell books individually. If you prefer unlimited access to a variety of books on a subscription, try sites

Bookmate and MyBook. All these services have applications for different platforms.

Just do not forget to turn off notifications when viewing on a smartphone. Otherwise, you will just not up to the books. ;)

Read non-fiction in reducing

Read abbreviated works of art senseless, as their core value in the author's submission text. But as for the scientific and business literature, there is the whole point is to ideas and does not depend on the form of presentation. Therefore, if you are willing to pay for non-fiction more to save time on reading, reasonable to opt for the shortened versions of books. They are often called sammari.

Recently, more and more often hear about companies that offer customers digital sammari successful books. This trend originated in the West and was soon caught up in the Russian segment of the Internet. Here are a few sites where you will find a shortened version of the non-fiction-books: Smart Reading, Essenly, «the main idea», «Brifli», getAbstract, Blinkist (in English).

If you can not read, listen to audio books

If you do not find the time and energy to read books, then try to listen to them. The beauty of this method is that it can easily be combined with a host of other activities, such as walking in the park, cooking and riding a car. In addition, the audio format does not create an additional burden on the eyes, which is very handy for people who spend the whole day at the screen.

I often hear about the prejudice against audiobooks like to receive the information by listening harder and recitation voice can distort the characters of the heroes. I myself have been configured in such a way as podcasts have not changed my attitude to this format.

As it turned out, to control the audio stream into a special player is no more difficult than the promotion of ordinary text. And the voice of the reciter is not so difficult to get used. In addition, popular books are often available in different entries with readers of all tastes. This factor is much less important for non-fiction books.

With regard to programs for audiobooks, perhaps, the largest Russian-language library offers a cross-platform application "Listen!"The store" liters ". But you can also set your smartphone any suitable player to listen to it in the book downloaded from third-party sources. I prefer Listen Audiobook Player for Android, and MP3 Audiobook Player demand on iOS.

Practice speed reading

Another logical way to read more books - read them faster. There are special techniques of perception, which, according to some, can speed up the process 3-4 times, without prejudice to remember. The use of these techniques is called speed reading.

Proponents of this method offer a variety of educational materials from books to full-time practical training programs that explain how to digest the text faster. But there are also critics who they sayThat the advantages of speed reading exaggerated. In any case, you can independently master a few techniques to draw conclusions. For example, on 4brain platform for this is free course on speed reading.

Choose wisely new books

Reread all impossible. If you have little time to choose the book stands with special thoroughness. World range is so great that the reader just can not do without landmarks like book reviews in the news media. But the media rarely pay enough attention to literary criticism, and devoted only to her site almost gone.

How then to find masterpieces that touch the soul or make the brain work?

This can help the services of recommendations that form the basis of the ratings of books on critical assessments or voices of ordinary users. Of course, individual tastes and the most rave reviews do not guarantee that a book like it and you will too. Therefore it is better to take the recommendation as the suggestive clues that can help make the right choices.

Among the Russian-language service of book recommendations can be called ReadRate, LiveLib and indispensable for fans of science fiction "Fantlab». In Bookmate and MyBook can also find a selection of books and various tips. And on the foreign Internet there are excellent resources as GoodReads and iDreamBooks.

Enjoy reading!