Reading has a positive effect on the mind. The benefits of reading include that it helps to reduce stress, improves your vocabulary, and increases your emotional intelligence and capacity for empathy. The way a book is formatted can affect how quickly you can read. E-reading can present some problems, especially if you are doing so […]
Sometimes it feels like you’re cheating on an author by watching the TV show based on their book before you get the chance to read the book itself. However, it is always fun to see what direction producers and directors take the book in. While searching to watch something on TV these past few months, […]
It’s Father’s Day weekend! This means you should spend it with some who readers believe to be the best dads in literature. In their unique way, all of these fathers taught their children valuable lessons that paved the way for their success. Readers chose these characters because they too learned from their words of wisdom. […]
Ebooks existed long before e-readers made their debut in 1991 with the Sony Data Discman leading the way. It weighed almost two pounds and required a CD to read a digital book. Seven years later, NuvoMedia Rocket eBook hit shelves, wowing avid readers with its lightweight (1.25 pounds) and 4MB of memory. Sony made a […]
It’s funny to think how many avid readers shy away from one long book when they can read the same amount of pages each month between several short books. Some readers share that this is because they have a set number of books they would like to read in a year. One long book could […]
At Iris Reading, we’ve posted a few times about how researchers are finding that paperback books are better for you than e-readers. This may be the case, but when it comes to bookmarking a section or highlighting a sentence, it is a lot easier with an e-reader. You can find it quickly, and if one […]
