DailyLit By Amanda on August 5, 2008 7:16 AM | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0)
DailyLit is a concept that may send certain people in paroxysms of grief re: western civ. Serialised books via RSS (or email). I haven't really decided what I think of it, but I'll give it a go.
Isn't "The Millionaire's Inexperienced Love-Slave" the most wonderfully reedonkulous title? Even for something from the Harlequin stable? I was tempted to get it but it costs $4 and I am all about teh free. That is how I roll.
There is plenty of free, either the usual public domain classics or current works distributed under Creative Commons. I got The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James but at 200 plus installments ("War and Peace" is over 600!) I might break down and just buy the bloody thing before then. I also signed up for Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow and daily articles on US Presidents from Wikipedia.
By coz
on August 5, 2008 8:59 AM
She is from Port Macquarie and now lives in Gosford....you must have it. Xmas is nigh..
By Amanda
on August 5, 2008 9:11 AM
A local author! I didn't even think to look. One must support Australian lit, I'll put in an order at Gleebooks.
By coz
on August 5, 2008 12:12 PM
Its a cool idea but....
My problem is I can't read whole blocks of text on screen. My eyes go all woobbly and I skim.
I think I'm going remain old skool and stick with paper.
By Amanda
on August 5, 2008 12:18 PM
Yeah, me too. The two I have been sent so far are pretty short though, no different than reading a medium length blog post. Which is why War and Peace will take you eleventy years.