{"id":897,"date":"2019-04-10T11:16:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T11:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=897"},"modified":"2019-04-10T11:16:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T11:16:30","slug":"there-is-no-excuse-not-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2019\/04\/10\/there-is-no-excuse-not-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"There is NO excuse not to read."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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These days\neBooks make reading incredibly easy. You don\u2019t need fancy equipment and special\nreaders, like you did a few years ago either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are\nreading this blog in the African Reporter, then you can read. If you are\nreading this blog on-line, then you can not only read, but you also have access\nto a smartphone, tablet or computer and the internet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even for\nthose people who have difficulty reading, audio books are available. You can\nlisten to them when you are doing something else. Boring stuff like cleaning\nthe house, ironing or travelling in public transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are many different platforms on-line\nwhere you can access books. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you join\nAmazon or Smashwords\u2014and it\u2019s free to sign up\u2014there are books that you can read\nfor free. Good ones too, you just have to take the time to search for them. Many\nof the classics are available and often authors have promotions. They give\ntheir books away freely to increase their readership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course\nthere are millions of books that cost money too, but they are still cheaper\non-line than buying a print copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The great\nthing with eBooks is that you can load lots of them onto your electronic device\nand carry them around in your pocket or handbag (in the case of a smart\nphone).  You can\u2019t do that with piles of\nbooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is also an\nawesome time for writers. They no longer have to struggle to try and find\nsomebody who will publish their book(s); they can publish them themselves,\non-line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s free\ntoo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You do,\nhowever, have to market your own book. It doesn\u2019t sell itself. No matter how\ngood it is (and it better be good<\/em>)\nbecause there is loads of competition out there. You definitely don\u2019t want to\nbe publishing shoddy content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My friend, Ginny, is known for her Sibo Series, but she\u2019s also written a few other books\u2014do you remember Fudgie, the dog from the blog? She\u2019s busy collating all those blogs into a series of books that are available on-line<\/g>. You can follow her author profile <\/a>on Smashwords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing you might remember when you read books online, consider taking the time to go back and leave a review. Writing a few lines is a way of thanking the author for the free book\u2014or even for the books you\u2019ve paid for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more\npeople!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sibo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading makes you smart!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[34,193,80,12],"tags":[240,238,120,239],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":898,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897\/revisions\/898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}