Books: Do We Still Read Books in the Digital Age?

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
I’m excited to report that I actually finished reading two books this weekend — and they were both excellent. Filled with success strategies, these two books were a worthwhile use of my valuable time: Re-Work, and Law of Connection.

 

Ever since I discovered Google Reader,
I’ve been reading print media far, far, far less…”

 



 
 

Re-Work is a book that pulls the workplace into the new digital era of business, illustrating what has changed from ten years ago in the business environment, and why. It’s written in a series of bite-sized vignettes that are easy to digest, yet the information is definitely useful (by the way, the authors are the owners of 37signals, the company that makes one of my favorite productivity tools: Backpack).

Law of Connection is a book by Michael Losier — also the author of Law of Attraction — and to me this book was helpful for understanding how to communicate even more effectively in business.  I’m a big believer in brain diversity — that each of us processes information differently — and this book offers solid strategies for listening better, and making your point better, to anyone and everyone. Many of the people with whom you work have a different brain-style than you! You can learn how to connect better and communicate better with all types.
 

Books in the Digital Age

I used to read a minimum of 25 books a year, cover-to-cover. And then…. I discovered a little thing called Google Reader! Ha!

Ever since I discovered Google Reader, I’ve been reading print media far, far, far less — because Google Reader happens in almost real-time, whereas books can take almost a year (or more) to publish after they’ve been written (plus, Google Reader is free).

For those of you who aren’t very familiar with Google Reader, it’s a “web-based aggregator” of creative content, that serves as a sort of customized online magazine into which you decide what content will be automatically filled each day — so that keeping up with your favorite blogs and sites is even easier than checking your email! Here’s a simple little video about how it works:
 
 

 
 
I do enjoy Google Reader, but I’m also glad that I was able to complete a couple of full-length “tree” books this weekend.

What was the last book that you read, that you thought was excellent?  And how did you read it — on Kindle, iPad, or “tree?”

 

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