Some people would just love to do hard work in an easy manner and for reading there you have Photoreading.
Of course you can read faster some easy texts by just "blasting through".
But, please, show me one person in the world who can read at 20.000 words / minute - or less - with full comprehension.
Just to clarify, I did try PR by myself and to me it's completely useless for things like
Amazon.com: EU Electronic Communications Law: Competition and Regulation in the European Telecommunications Market: Books: Paul Nihoul,Peter Rodford .
There are some nice tips about preparation and postprocessing but there's nothing you wouldn't find in another reading-skills book (!); paying 250 or 530 bucks for PR is, well, you might guess what..
You simply need to spend your time 100% alert on a subject if you want to master it. This is aka hard work. Whichever time it takes.
So to cut a long story short: per aspera ad astra.
PS: Taking a book into your hands (without opening it) is as effective as putting it under your pillow overnight
