... and publishers – a total of 30 interviews). Findings Six qualitatively different categories of attitudes were revealed, namely, that book piracy provides easier and more convenient access to books, helps readers save money, pushes readers to read more, helps for authors to gain more popularity, provides...

...Keren Dali Purpose Personal readers’ histories have long had a respected place in reading research. They add a human, personalized dimension to the studies of reading practices, often reported through aggregate findings and generalized conclusions. Moreover, they introduce a private context...

...Irene Lopatovska; Deanna Sessions Purpose A study examined reading strategies in relation to information-seeking stages, tasks and reading media in an academic setting. Understanding reading practices and needs in the context of information-seeking can refine our understanding of user choices...

...Keren Dali Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze a number of issues related to both education for and the practice of reading and readers’ advisory in library and information science (LIS). Written from the standpoint of an LIS educator, the paper is addressed to LIS professors...

...Ian McCulloch Joy   Court . Read to Succeed: Strategies to Engage Children and Young People in Reading for Pleasure . London : Facet Publishing   2011 . £44.95 (paperback) 288 pp. 978‐1‐85604‐747‐0 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Libraries Literacy...

...Ahmad Shabani; Fatemeh Naderikharaji; Mohammad Reza Abedi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study reading behavior in the digital environment based on demographic factors including faculty, degree and gender among higher education students of Isfahan University. Design/methodology...

... of Graves's books about Classical times. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Fiction Literature Reading If you liked that, you will like this: such guides as this work on that principle – “designed to help library users who have read all the books by their favourite authors...

...Stuart Hannabuss Craig   Kallendorf . The Virgilian Tradition: Book History and the History of Reading in Early Modern Europe . Aldershot and Burlington, VT : Ashgate Variorum from Ashgate Publishing   2007 . xiv + 304 pp. (original article pagination) , ISBN: ISBN 978‐0‐7546...

... --> Reading Literacy It is interesting to reflect that in Georgian times, book clubs, reading groups and libraries developed in response to the need of the public to access books and other reading matter, and now, two hundred years later, the reverse seems to be the case: we actively promote our...

... a qualitative approach and combines interviews and direct observations. In in‐depth interviews 13 participants (four writers, four publishers, three readers and two on‐line readers) were questioned for their opinions on issues related to writing, publishing and reading digital fiction. The three readers were...

...Sheila Ray © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Literature Reading Storytelling Narratives Children Stories, Pictures and Reality is a study of how children respond to books, based on Lowe's own children Rebecca, born 1971, and Ralph, born 1975, who are now...

...Stuart Hannabuss Julia   Eccleshare . A Guide to the Harry Potter Novels . London and New York : Continuum   2002 . 114 pp. , ISBN: 978‐0‐8264‐5317‐1   £17.99, paperback © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Children Literature Libraries Reading...

... and sentence construction as well as an answer key, this is an excellent and highly usable resource. Keith and Nancy   Polette . Spoofing and Proofing the Classics: Literature‐Based Activities to Develop Critical Reading Skills and Grammatical Knowledge . Westport, CO and London...

... are clearly listed at the back, and, as I said, the index allows the reader to pick out the deconstructions without interrupting the flow of the chapters. I read it at one sitting and then went back over it again several times to get the detail. It is that sort of book – literate without condescension...

...‐2 ISBN 13: 978‐0‐78671‐855‐9   US$15.95 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 --> Fiction Crime Reading In the detective genre the stories of Sherlock Holmes are generally considered as archetypal. There were other writers, like Poe and Wilkie Collins and Fergus Hume...

...Stuart Hannabuss Further reading Cords , S.S. and Burgin , R. (Eds) (2006), The Real Story: A Guide to Nonfiction Reading Interests , Libraries Unlimited , Westport, CO and London . Herald , D.T. and Wiegand , W.A. (Eds) (2006), Genreflecting: A Guide...

... uniquely with hard issues and claiming that novels can educate and entertain, Sutherland raises issues that any intelligent reader of novels – and buyer of novels for library or bookstore or personal use – cannot ignore. A book to be read both from cover‐to‐cover and dipped‐into, rather like Anne Fadiman's...

...Stuart Hannabuss Publishing Reading Literature Anyone studying 19th‐century publishing is likely to encounter The Religious Tract Society. It started in 1799, inspired by Wilberforce's Practical Christianity and by an evangelical commitment to spread the Gospel, combat sin...

... Publishing Limited 2007 --> Feminism Reading Literature Culturally unmissable, changing form as creative fashions and reader needs altered, both a mouthpiece for and a distortion of feminist ideology, the feminist bestseller coexists with romance and lesbian fiction, runs parallel...

...Stuart Hannabuss The third edition has not only revised the original information and drawn on the expertise of numerous professionals in the field, but it now includes graphic novels and books especially written for young people with lower‐than‐average reading ages, including the publications...