Speed Reading Made Easy

Book excerpt: SPEED READING IS A GIFT THAT YOU CAN GIVE TO YOURSELF You may know people who are able to read a newspaper in a few minutes, flip through yet thoroughly absorb a book in an hour, or effortlessly finish skimming a report before you even suspected they were done. Quite possibly you have thought that these people were born with a natural talent for speed reading that you do not possess. Nothing could be further from the truth. Speed reading actually consists of a series of simple skills that can be mastered and applied by anyone willing to take the short time and minimal effort needed to master these so-called “secrets” and “tricks.” Now they are no longer either secret or tricky—but completely comprehensible and available in the finest speed reading guide on the market today— SPEED READING MADE EASY “Readable and persuasive.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer “An excellent, self-improvement manual...by a specialist.”—Los Angeles Times “Examples and self-applicable tests are provided every step of the way...Even the reader who thinks his speed and grasp adequate will benefit.”—Saturday Review Syndicate “It is possible for anybody to read faster with increased pleasure and profit.”—San Francisco Call-Bulletin