The reading journal

Reading journal

What the research on fast reading actually says, and what it does not.

Kindle Word Runner is gone — what to use instead

Word Runner was removed from the Kindle app. Here is what it actually did, why single-word reading has limits, and what to use now.

Word Runner was removed from the Kindle app. Here is what it actually did, why single-word reading has limits, and what to use now.

RSVP shows one word at a time at a fixed point. Here is where the technique comes from, what it measurably does, and where it stops working.

Short answer: past about 350 words per minute, yes — and inference goes before facts do. Here is what the studies actually measured.

Why single-word readers align each word off-centre, where the idea came from, and what it does and does not buy you.

Most reading apps in this space are built for children. Here is what single-word reading does for adult attention, and what it does not.

What the typography options actually do, why the evidence on dyslexia fonts is contested, and what to look for as an adult reader.

Average reading rates by language, why a single global number is wrong, and what the ceiling looks like when comprehension is measured.

Many readers upload your book to convert it. Here is how to tell, why it matters, and what local-only actually means.

What the RSVP niche actually looks like from store data, what to check yourself, and the conflict of interest in this page.

The usual advice for a hard passage is to push through it. The evidence and our own defaults both say the opposite: give it time, not speed.