Of all the terrible New Year resolutions that will have been made this week, reading more is one that sounds easy but is incredibly tough. But with a slew of reading tech available, perhaps now is the best time ever to churn through the pages like never before. Read More >>

Winter break is a time for video games and snoozing. But it's also a good time to get some reading done, or at least pretend like you're going to read all the books on those end-of-year lists. Here's what the Gizmodo staff are reading: Read More >>

Google Play Books got a nice update last night, with a Read Aloud feature, and pinch-to-zoom and double-tap-to-zoom. The Read Aloud feature sounds really robotic—even more than Siri or other voice command prompts—but it gets the job done. It's nowhere near as polished as something like Amazon's integration with Audible audiobooks, but it's also totally free. Read More >>

Fancy some free apps, music, TV shows and movies? Of course you do! So checkout Google's new 'surprise calendar' and let big G splurge free goodies all over your Android-loving bodies. Read More >>

Ebooks are crazy-expensive at the moment, often much more than a physical book, and that's simply insane. Now it looks like that might change, after the European Commission stuck its oar in. Apple and four major publishers have settled their legal wranglings with the EC, meaning retailers should now be free to discount ebooks, just like they do paperbacks. Cheaper books for all, at last. Read More >>

Eric Scmidt is writing a book about the internet and everything called The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of Emerging Technologies. It's not like he's busy doing anything as the Chairman of Google. Read More >>

If' you're a really fast reader, you can finish off a book in a day, maybe tackle a short one in as little as an hour or two. Good for you but that's nothing compared to the BFS-Auto book-scanning robot. It can handle 250 pages in a minute. That's fast even for a machine. Read More >>

Above is the first book—and first packing slip—ever to leave Amazon’s online warehouse. Well, other than the ones employees bought on test runs, or beta users. It was purchased by computer scientist John Wainwright on April 3rd, 1995. It’s not a classic, nor was it on any bestseller list at the time. It’s the liner notes to the first Third Eye Blind album. It’s just a terrifically, eye-crossingly nerdy tome about computer models. Read More >>

Here's an interesting titbit that leaked out over the weekend. It looks like Apple might be targeting the iPad Mini squarely at those who love a good book, oh, and probably at education too. Is the iPad Mini Apple's Kindle killer? Read More >>

So you got yourself an eReader. You've sworn off physical books for good. Who needs 'em? Well you can't build a gigantic pyramid library with eBooks now can you? Read More >>

Hey you over there! Yes, you, the modern gamer. Look at you, with your flashing, whirring consoles and their scores of features and fancy capabilities. You need taking down a peg or two and taught a history lesson. Read More >>

Polaroid, that thing that happened before Instagram happened, is one of the fascinating untold tech stories of our time. In the recently released Instant: The Story of Polaroid, Christopher Bonanos recounts the stunning day the inventors of Polaroid first unveiled their new technology. Read More >>

They call James Herbert 'the world grand master of horror' or at least that's what it says here. With that in mind, Herbert might be scaring the living daylights of his publishers in the not-too-distant future. Read More >>

There's a lot of talk that technology is going to kill the book, eBooks specifically. It's true that physical books are still pretty low-tech, but that doesn't mean they have to stay that way. Maybe there could be a future where books are actually computer peripherals. If so, the prototype Elektrobiblioteka is a teaser. Read More >>

This brilliant shelf is perfect for anyone who loves to show off the tchotchkes they've amassed, but also keep the more embarrassing items out of sight. On top you can proudly display your collection of antique tea cups, while the secret drawer will easily hide all of your Pokemon trading cards. Read More >>