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Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits

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  1. tombert · · focus · HN ↗
    I read a lot, and I own a lot of physical books, but I almost never actually read physical books anymore. I'm one of the happy few that used my Kindle for more than a week after getting it as a gift.

    I find that reading on an ereader is many times easier for me, primarily because I can make the text gigantic and I don't lose track of my place on the page nearly as often. I'm not dyslexic (I've been tested), but I do think that there's some issue with my brain where if the text is small I really can't follow it. On all my computers the text is gigantic and even then I will click and highlight text as I'm reading so don't lose place. I would love to be paid to read but I don't think I'd love to be paid to read physical books.

    I remember my grandmother was wholly unconvinced that my Kindle was a different thing than an iPad or a Game Boy, and that it was not "real" reading, for whatever reason.

    1. walt_grata · · focus · HN ↗
      I swap between kindle and audible daily. The syncing is generally good, byt i have had issues with some books.

      This alone has caused my reading to skyrocket. I swear i do 1-2 books a week this way

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