OverDrive: Yep, 2020 was a big year for ebooks

Posted on 01/07/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Surely no one is surprised to hear that OverDrive is reporting a huge increase in digital borrowing for 2020. Driven...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Audiobook, E-reader, Libraries, Reading

You tell us: 2021's reading resolutions

Posted on 01/02/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Among the many reasons to be excited that 2021 has begun is that we get to start all over again...

Tagged As: Reader stories, Reading

Infographic: How the world read in 2020

Posted on 11/16/2020 at 09:03 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A new infographic just might answer all the questions you had about other people’s reading habits. Global English Editing took...

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Reading

Study explains what readers love about George R.R. Martin's books

Posted on 11/04/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sometimes fans can articulate what about a particular work draws them in so deeply. Other times, we resort to saying...

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Tagged As: Reading

Publisher: Sales of long classic novels have risen in 2020

Posted on 11/03/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Many readers decided to find the silver lining of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns and bump up their book consumption....

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Tagged As: coronavirus / COVID-19, Reading, The Guardian

Study: Literary fiction and popular fiction both benefit us, in differing ways

Posted on 10/28/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Let’s open our post on a recent study of the effects of reading with a huge caveat. The researchers themselves...

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Tagged As: Reading

Study links simpler images to greater reading comprehension in kids

Posted on 10/12/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Buzzkill warning: a new study seems to call for less artwork and more words in children’s books. Literary Hub shared...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Literary Hub, Reading

Banned Books Week 2020: "Censorship is a Dead End"

Posted on 09/26/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Banned Books Week 2020 officially begins tomorrow and goes through October 3. This year's theme: "Censorship is a Dead End....

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Tagged As: Book lists, Reading

Which genres, how much, and how are different age groups reading?

Posted on 09/26/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you follow us on Facebook, you might have seen a preview of an infographic breaking down reading trends by...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Reading, Writing advice

More studies are highlighting the benefits of reading out loud

Posted on 09/21/2020 at 12:24 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Do you ever (or often) forget what you’ve read, as soon as you’ve read it? Try speaking the words out...

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Tagged As: Reading