Tech Sales Hunter
The Technology of Reading
I recently joined the local Brunswick County NC Toastmasters Club & gave my introductory “icebreaker” speech. Titled “The More I Change, the More I Stay the Same,” my speech highlighted some ways in which I had not changed since youth.
One of those ways was that I love reading. In middle school, I read tomes such as Gone with the Wind & The Agony & the Ecstacy. My bachelor’s was in English, mostly so I could read my way through college. And I still love a big, juicy novel.
One thing that has changed over the past 10-15 years is that you’re as likely to see me reading non-fiction as fiction. I’m an onmivore when it comes to subject-matter. Sales. Technology. History. Biography. Self-help. Science. Psychology. You name it, it’s probably on my bookshelf.
Another change in my reading habits is that today I’m as likely to listen to a book as to read it, especially if it’s heavy information. It’s tough to dig into a work-related book late in the evening, but listening works then.
As a result, my non-fiction is especially likely to be consumed via streaming or CD or Audible.com rather than in a hand-held book. And I can listen while I’m cooking or house-cleaning or walking. That’s one of the reasons I get most of my news from NPR rather than newspapers.
How do you consume your books & magazines these days? Paper book? Kindle? Smartphone? Tablet? Audible.com? CD? Other? And how has your reading technology changed?
