Web Spy: DailyLit.com

February 10, 2010 9:00 am     Posted in Cool Stuff  Laura Dondero g+ page


By Laura Dondero

[There are over 100 million sites on the Internet. 100 million! You might think you know about all the important ones (CollegeCandy, Gmail, Google, Zappos, The Weather Stylist…), but there are thousands of other sweet sites out there. And more showing up every day! We get it – it’s not easy or fun sifting through the crap and porn to find those gems, so we’re gonna bring the gems to you. Just sit back, kick up those feet and allow us to introduce you to the diamonds in the internet rough.]

I’ve always been a pretty avid reader, but ever since I started my freshman year of college I’ve found that I don’t get to read (non-school-related books) as often as I’d like to.  Between going to class, working, studying, and still trying to have a social life, there just doesn’t seem to be enough time.

However, thanks to the nifty website DailyLit, I’ve recently found the time to finally read literary classics that I’d always wanted to read but never seemed to have the time for, like Anna Karenina and The Count of Monte Cristo.

DailyLit has made it easy to make reading part of your daily routine, by taking over 1,000 classic and contemporary books (almost all of which are FREE) and breaking them up into easily digestible installments, which users can sign up to receive on a daily basis by e-mail.

How brilliant is that, really?  We all spend hours a day reading e-mail, so now you can incorporate reading books into something that you already do, and you can stop worrying about trying to find time to sit down and open a book.

And it couldn’t be easier: you simply find a book you like, type in your e-mail address, hit “subscribe”, and you’ll start receiving your daily installments.  You can choose the length and frequency of the installment e-mails, so how long it takes you to finish a book is up to you. You can even choose what time a day the email comes, so you can coordinate reading around your schedule! Plus, if you want to finish the book even faster and you have a little extra time, at the end of each e-mail, you can click the “Get the next installment right now” link to have the next installment sent to you immediately.

So while they definitely don’t have everything I’d like to read and there’s still no substitute for curling up on the sofa with a good book (because it won’t burn your legs like a laptop), DailyLit is a great way to get some reading done every day, no matter how busy you are.

[Know of any cool websites? Pass 'em along!]

12 Comments on "Web Spy: DailyLit.com"

  1. deanjbaker says:
    Wed, 10th Feb 20105:02 am 

    interesting to see this…

  2. Bailey says:
    Wed, 10th Feb 20108:46 am 

    Great post! I interned for DailyLit last summer, and I have to say that this is definitely worth looking into. They may not have every book in the world, but they're all such fantastic people and they really want to do their best to merge publishing with the digital age. And they've grown SO much since they started just a few years ago!

    Oh, and you did mention that all books on DailyLit are now FREE! Didn't use to be that way! It's so great that they're able to offer them for free – everyone should definitely take advantage of it.

  3. Lisa says:
    Wed, 10th Feb 20103:42 pm 

    Um, I dont understand how this is different than having a book in your hand? You can control how much you're reading and when…I mean, I love the idea of digital books, and stuff, and if this motivates you to read more than a physical book, that's great for you, I don't see the difference though.

  4. Danielle says:
    Thu, 11th Feb 20109:05 am 

    Farenheight 451 is going to happening a lot sooner..

  5. Susmita says:
    Tue, 24th Apr 201212:27 am 

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