This is quite a good idea. Go to this web app called Daily Lit, select a free book, choose a frequency, and you will receive an email with small snippet of the book based on the frequency.
It is neat because the web tool adds book reading into your workflow.
What’s the downside on this tool? It has a limited ranges of book to select.
1. Why read books by email?
Because if you are like us, you spend hours each day reading email but don’t find the time to read books. DailyLit brings books right into your inbox in convenient small messages that take less than 5 minutes to read. This works incredibly well not just on your computer but also on a Treo, Blackberry, Sidekick or whatever the PDA of your choice. In the words of Dr. Seuss: Try it, you might like it!
2. How long does it take to read a book?
That depends on three factors. First, on how many parts are in the book (shown when you browse for books). Second, on how frequently you choose to receive emails. Third, on how often you read more than one part (by using the “send me the next part immediately” feature). So here is a typical example. I am currently reading Dracula, which has 187 parts and I am receiving parts on weekdays, i.e. 5 days/week. So at most it will take me 187/5 = 37 weeks. But when I am on the train or waiting, I often read more than one part, so I usually wind up reading about 10 parts/week. This means I will finish Dracula in about 19 weeks or 5 months. If that seems long to you, try something shorter!
[...] Well if you had any difficulties at all, here’s your solution! Now you can receive story fragments each day via e-mail until you are finished with the book. There are only a select number of books to choose from for now, but the site is in the process of adding more. Liked It? Share It! Clicking on the icons below will help other people learn about this storyThese icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]
[...] As noted over at Lifehack.org, there’s a cool web app called DailyLit which breaks eBooks up into bite-sized chunks (each readable in five minutes or so) and sends them to you via e-mail however often you’d like. [...]
[...] DailyLit. Hat tip to LifeHack for this gem. It’s called DailyLit and their idea is that if you’re too busy to do a lot of reading, why not get an excerpt of a book everyday in your e-mail until you’re finished. Really a great idea. [...]