DailyLit

"DailyLit sends you bite-sized chunks of public domain books (including many classics) daily, on weekdays, or three times a week via email or RSS -- for free. Each serving takes less than five minutes to read, and if you want, they'll send you the next installment right away if you click a link."

     Jonathan Fromme from the "Cool Tools" website turned me on to DailyLit.  Since I am often on the road, with time between appointments, reading small portions of the classics via my Blackberry keeps me occupied while awaiting a meeting.

     I wonder if students might enjoy books by email?   It is a unique mode of delivery, sending small amounts of text guaranteed not to overwhelm the child who is intimidated by the heftiness of a novel.

Comments

[Linda Schnakenberg]

What a great site. I love to read, but have little time because I am constantly reading materials for class as well as reading and assessing student work. A chapter a day is easy to handle and gives me a chance to read the classics I have neglected. This is a site I will recommend to my students.

[Stuart Montaldo]

I agree with your opinion of Websters' action. I am surprised they would add words simply because teenagers use them as a fad expression. I can understand "blog" and other words that are new and legitimate nouns, but I think they've jumped the gun on some of these slang hybrids. They need, at the very least, to stand the test of time.

[Letha]

I have been enjoying Daily Lit for a few weeks now. The site sent me The Narrative of Sojourner Truth at the rate of one chapter a day. That's a book I always felt I should read but never quite got around to. Next, I subscribed to The Iliad, but the one-chapter-a-day plan didn't work for me with the complicated cast of characters. From one day to the next, I'd forget who was who. However, that hasn't dampened my enthusiasm. The site literally has hundreds of titles to choose from. Check it out!