Speed Reading

by Steve Moidel

Book Overview

The necessary task of digesting the paperwork that's part of a business operation can steal valuable time from a manager's work day. Here's a good solution to that problem--methods for increasing reading and comprehension speed by three to five times. Barron's Business Success Series books feature clever line art illustrations and helpful sidebar information.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812018451
• ISBN13: 9780812018455
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

The Absolute Best Help for Speed Reading and Comprehension!!

I have purchased more than one speed reading book. The others were large and cumbersome, and as a busy professional the idea of wading through each of them was NOT appealing! This book, however, is small, very readable, and filled with helpful tips.After a brief introductory chapter, the author addresses the attitudes and goals conducive to speed reading. He then covers six major reading problems. The approach is to identify clearly the need for speed reading, then to offer instruction.All of the techniques presented here are very practical, and could be used for office, school or home. The text also has red headers that make it much easier to follow the author's line of thought. I would suggest a second and even a third reading of the book to make sure the bulk of the material has been understood.I recommend this book highly to anyone wanting to improve his/her rate of reading and level of comprehension. Both topics are addressed very well in this work.Now that I've read this book, I have no desire to read the other speed-reading volumes I purchased. Instead, I'm ready to hone my new skills with the reading that I MUST get done!

My first and last speed reading book.

This book is great even for people that do not want to speed read and just want to improve on their reading a little. It describes everything that slows down reading and how to get past it. I was very surprised at the size of this book and thought I might have wasted my money. After reading just the first 4 chapters I realized I would have paid 10 times as much for it. In short, the main reason speed readers are very fast readers is because they practice speed reading and understand how to get past the things that make reading slow. With that, this book explains all of this and makes it simple to understand.

Gets to the point and works!

I'm still in the practice stage, but this book has helped me triple my reading speed in a short time. The nice thing is it is a short book and you can get going quickly. A must read for people living in this new "information overload" society.

Excellent book for speed reading

Among all the speed reading books, I think this book is one of the best. It's definitely works for me because it's simple and concise. All you need to do is follow the steps that the book said and practice as often as you can. I was a 212 word per minute reader with 60% comprehension skill, after I followed the 3-2-1 practice as stated in the book, I've litereally increasing my speed reading to 1200 wpm with 56% comprehension skill. My husband read this book a year earlier, and now his speed reading is 3000wpm with 80% comprehension skill. So I am stilling working on it. It's a great book though. You shouldn't miss this one if you want to improve your speed reading.

Get More from EVERY book you read! Read more, remember more!

This is an insightful and practical book about reading books. Though several books on the market employ skimming or sighting topic sentences, Steve Moidel stays on target by teaching a method which includes reading every word of the text. From your first reading, you can measure vast improvements in both reading speed and comprehension. The learning process includes a study on how the eye operates, reading mechanics, and retaining comprehension. The price of this book is deceptively small, but it promotes a full, faster, and stronger comprehension of your entire library