Book reading is the act of gathering information about a topic, and then organizing that information into a written form in which one can read the book, study its author or take action on it. It’s a method to learn more about any given subject from an expert, such as a professor, teacher, researcher, or therapist. The most popular form of information acquisition consists of print or paper books and online sources. One must use a device known as a reader to obtain a digital copy. These are typically high-speed devices with no Internet access, but they provide many advantages over other methods of data acquisition such as websites. Most people prefer to look for these devices in library stores with their local public library.
History of Bookreading Throughout history there have always been groups of people who were skilled readers. With technology advancing at breakneck speed, there has never been a more convenient way of gathering books to read than by going into your local public library and looking for a large collection you could share with someone.
At one point during the Middle Ages, people even had the option of paying the clergy to read to them. In those days, most people didn’t have computers, so you either needed to bring the books yourself or go to someone’s home library if there wasn’t a public library nearby. As time went on, we began to get much better, with things like the Gutenberg press and printing presses becoming available. Before printing, printing was still done by hand, only now we could do it faster, cheaper, and more efficiently – and once again, people wanted to get informed. Then after the invention of the computer, technology advanced drastically, allowing us to see thousands of digital books in just seconds. This means you can search for information on anything from ancient Greek mythology to contemporary science, so it became easier and easier to find what you wanted.
Books have become more readily available, making it easier to find the answers to your search. Some other technological advances made finding and reading more difficult. Our television sets and phones have brought people together to be able to watch television at a distance, which means the TV is watching you as well. We have also increased the number of ways to reach people, which makes it harder for you to know when someone will want to talk to you. They can contact their friends and family members at all hours of the night – unlike the old times when people would call around the clock to hear news of what was happening.
Technology has changed the landscape of publishing, too. Since the advent of the Internet, newspapers and magazines have started using electronic versions instead of printing books, allowing them to cost less, distribute faster, and more easily find customers. This allows newspapers to produce more than a few thousand copies per day, while magazines get thousands of distribution per week.
People can order and receive books online instead of having a physical copy delivered to them. They can also order an eBook version of specific content from other authors and obtain a PDF file from Amazon, iTunes, Google, or Barnes and Noble. But while this might seem easy at first glance, getting an eBook is surprisingly hard. An eBook contains hundreds – maybe thousands – of files, each with its own set of settings, instructions for how to run the program on the internet (like which server to connect to), and even includes some type of signature that has not been identified to show the person who created the work that signed the work. You can also make links to the actual work, which comes in handy when trying to figure out which site or service you should buy the book through.
This is a significant hurdle most people face in trying to get their hands on a book. Even some libraries aren’t comfortable giving away books unless the volume isn’t too big. Many libraries don’t have good policies regarding intellectual property protection, such as copyright laws. So the question remains, is the user getting a legitimate copy of whatever work they are looking for? There are two types of readers in the world: people who want to “read something for enjoyment” like me, and others who want to learn and grow as human beings. There are lots of resources for people interested in reading, and the best ones are free. However, if you are like me, you may start feeling anxious as you go through the process of signing up for a publication of your desire.
Not everyone wants something fun, but I do. Once upon a time, I found myself with four months left to spend before I actually got my hands on the rights for the next novel in a series of short stories I had written at school, and thought I would start reading them before anyone knew it was published. That turned out to be pretty bad advice!
My main concern was money, so I tried to forget about the material and focus on my writing instead. Luckily enough, I have since grown as a writer, and I have come to realize that not being afraid to say what needs to happen and how it should happen can help my story develop and improve. When I finally received a rejection from three publishers, and then the same thing when five more rejected me within weeks, I decided I needed to reevaluate what I wanted out of life. I knew that I wanted to write novels. Now, I think of it as personal growth. Novels were a small amount of work I started when I was young; however, they are quite large pieces because I spend time developing characters and their personalities, putting their thoughts and actions into words. Now, as a professional writer, my goal is to tell a story that readers can identify with, in the hopes of capturing them as readers. I take my lessons learned on how to write and apply them to creative nonfiction.
If I want to be successful in the commercial space, my job and my passion is to create interesting stories, and that’s part of why working in marketing works so well for me. No one is ever going to ask me to choose between writing and marketing, and that’s okay. After all, I love both of them. It was about ten years ago that an opportunity came up that really changed my perspective on work and my dreams of writing. Although that agent was very supportive of my efforts in promoting my new work, I felt the pressure of trying to squeeze two jobs into a single day. I had already tried the second time a year before and did not enjoy it at all. I took several days of vacation, but I told my wife I had no plans on returning to the same lifestyle. I would probably go back to school later that month, anyway. She knew she should worry about me, but I think she did the right thing.
Despite being so hesitant at first, I continued practising the techniques I learned and started doing more reading and writing. By December, I thought I had finally gotten used to the idea of sitting down with a computer in front of a keyboard. I continued struggling with the choice of words, wondering if I was being too obvious. Should people even care what I was trying to talk about? All of these feelings were coming and going, but when I felt ready to really take my laptop and go, I got into character and started writing. I spent a few minutes on the app Word, and then another on Audacity to check the quality of audio and video. Two hours later I had finished the final draft of my manuscript and submitted it to publisher Penguin. When that first arrived, I couldn’t believe it. I was so excited and excited at what it meant to me, but at the same time, I was terrified that I wouldn’t be able to finish it. I knew it would be a long process, but I also knew that it would ultimately pay off. I hadn’t even gotten to the introduction, let alone the ending, yet.
A couple of months later, the paperback was released and I sent my postcard to loved ones around the country and across the globe to mark the occasion. To say that people have read or watched my work is an understatement – so many people have already seen it. And even though my first and second attempts were both unsuccessful, I am proud of the progress I have made. Now it just feels like I have reached a level where I don’t need extra motivation to write anything anymore. The writing doesn’t matter. What matters is whether my ideas are moving them forward, and whether or not they are making sense. If they feel real, well, now I can live with that.
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