We curate & convert
Each morning a human-curated read is cleaned up, stripped of clutter and formatted for e-ink — then sent to your Kindle inbox.
30 minutes a day. Right to your Kindle.
Every morning we hand-pick one genuinely interesting read — an essay, an article, a manual, a script — format it perfectly for e-ink and email it to your Kindle. No app. No feed. No doomscroll. Most importantly - no excuses.
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Today · ~30 min read
Captain Scott's Last Expedition — Part 1 of 10
Robert Falcon Scott — Terra Nova Expedition
In January 1912, Britain's Captain Robert F. Scott reached the South Pole. All crew perished on the 850 mile return march. A few months later, a search party found Scott's body and the journals that told his tragic story.
Every read is sourced from public-domain & freely available texts
- 12 half-read books on your shelf
- + 94 books on your Kindle
- + Thousands more on the Kindle Store
- + Haven't read that last book for weeks
- + Don't know where to start, so you just pick up your phone
- = 0 minutes actually read
How it works
Reading more, made effortless
No more excuses
No more decision paralysis, no more giving up and grabbing your phone, no more room for excuses. If you don't read with this, you won't ever read.
Open your Kindle
It's already waiting. Sized to take about thirty minutes. Read it, and you've kept the habit. No phone required.
A taste of the library
The kind of things you'll read
Classic Novels
- Crime & Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Dracula Bram Stoker
- Moby Dick Herman Melville
Essays
- The Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton
- On the Duty of Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau
- Politics and the English Language George Orwell
History
- Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Patrick Henry
- The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin
- The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith
Why it works
Build the routine
Delivered to your Kindle
Reads arrive at your Kindle email address. Nothing to install, nothing to open on your phone.
Wisdom through History
History has been perverted by people who can't tie their own shoe without a pill. Wisdom is making a comeback.
Curated, not algorithmic
One good read a day, chosen by people who actually read it. No engagement bait, no infinite feed.
Sized to thirty minutes
Every piece is length-matched to your pace, so finishing feels achievable on a normal weekday.
Facilitates more reading
A majority of the time after reading my daily read I pick up my current book and keep going. It feels like a warm up.
'Pleasantly Surprised'
Remember when it was possible to be pleasantly surprised? When everything wasn't chosen & optimized. I'm going back to that.
Hello 👋
I want to read more and phone less. I don't always want to read the thick epic fantasy book I'm reading, it's a tough go sometimes.
I want something short, interesting, and self-contained. Something I don't have to pick myself, and something I wouldn't normally read. A pleasant surprise, if you will.
I've also noticed after I do my read30daily for the day, I'm all warmed up and ready to get back to my thick fantasy novel.
— Greg, founder of read30daily
Pricing
Less than a coffee a month
Start with a free test. Go yearly once the habit sticks.
Free test
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One read to try, no card required.
- One free document
- Pick it from today's selection
- Delivered to your Kindle
- No card required
Annual
$59/year
One curated read, every day.
- A read every morning
- All topics & sources
- Send to any Kindle
- Skip, snooze & save to archive
- Choose your delivery time
- Choose your cadence — 3, 5 or 7 days a week
Questions
Do I need a Kindle?
A Kindle is the ideal home for read30daily, since the whole point is reading away from your phone. But you can also have reads sent as a clean email or read them in the web reader if you prefer. But we all know that reading on your phone is a war crime.
How do you choose what I read?
Anything that sounds interesting to me. Heavily into History, Science & Technology, great men from the past, Classic Novels, experiements, to name a few. Open to suggestions
What if I don't like today's read?
The idea is to get exposed to things you wouldn't normally read, so not liking something is inevitable. Wait until the next read. When you find a series or something you like, there are controls on your profile to continue the series.
How does Kindle delivery work?
Amazon gives every Kindle a personal email address. You add ours to your approved sender list once, point us at your Kindle address, and reads arrive automatically each morning.
Can I read on my phone or tablet too?
Yes. Everything is also available in the web reader and as email, so you can read on whatever you have. Most people still prefer the Kindle — fewer ways to get pulled away.
How do I cancel?
One click from your account page, cancel anytime.
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