When I’m not writing, I spend a fair amount of my time reading, both fiction and non-fiction. In fact, I’d like to spend more time reading, but, you know, day-to-day life keeps getting in the way. Reading can be informative, challenging, surprising, relaxing and many other things besides, but most of all it’s a pleasure. So, the idea that people will actually pay you to read seems a little bizarre. Do they really? Well, it turns out they do.