Sentences with phrase «among young readers»

My personal opinion is that the introduction of a colour Kindle has an enormous potential to stimulate the younger generation's interest in reading, as the absence of colour has always been a drawback among young readers brought up on gadgets.

Similarly, illustrators are a vital part of expanding book readership, especially among young readers, and should be recognised officially.»

This title is perfect for generating excitement among young readers just in time for back to school.

Herman Melville's Moby Dick was also rejected by Peter J. Bentley, who wrote: «While this is a rather delightful, if somewhat esoteric, plot device, we recommend an antagonist with a more popular visage among the younger readers.

In fact, many respondents of all ages said that they enjoyed reading a few pages throughout the day on their cell phones, although the practice is more common among younger readers.

Another problem for publishers is the trend among younger readers away from ebooks.

Not exact matches

Second, but way back, was Under Armour's (ua) Kevin Plank, a young sports apparel exec who makes a bit more sense as a popular choice among readers.

The top five best read stories once again covered a wide range of virtual currency topics, reflecting the diverse interests among the young industry's readers.

«For the young people among your readers, Danny Donohue's one word answer — «Nuts» — to Gov. Paterson, is an allusion to Gen. McAuliffe, who when presented with a German demand that he surrender his troops and the town Bastogne, during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, rejected the demand with a single word, «Nuts».

While he's younger than any on this list — he's only 31 — we thought that prodigy Nico Muhly, who worked on «The Reader,» «Margaret» and Sundance flick «Kill Your Darlings,» among others, might be too established to crop up here.

Our young readers are among the best in the world, the proportion of primary pupils reaching the expected standards in reading, writing and maths is up 8 percentage points and the attainment gap has narrowed by 10.5 % since 2011.

«This change also speaks to the importance of sustaining conversations among librarians, publishers, distributors and authors to continue advancing our shared goals of connecting writers and readers,» Young added.

She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe - Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award.

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A lot of data was presented to the attendees about the low numbers of ebook sales in children's and young adult literature, although there was information that the popularity among digital editions for those readers is on the rise in the past year.

In the year ending in January 2012, the American Association of Publishers reported that e-book sales had risen more than 49.4 % in the adult books category, 475.1 % in the children's and young adult category, and 150.7 % in the religious publications category.5 We at the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project reported that ownership of e-book readers among adults age 18 and older had nearly doubled from 10 % of the population to 19 % over the holiday gift - giving season at the end of 2011, and ownership of tablet computers had surged a similar amount.6 In the final week of 2011 the e-book version of 42 of the top - selling 50 books on USA Today's best - seller book list was outselling the paper version of the same book.7

As shown in previous reports, e-book reading is not confined to dedicated e-reading devices, such as e-readers or tablets.4 This is especially true among younger e-book readers.

Among e-book readers, there are no statistically significant differences between those ages 16 - 29 and those over age 30 regarding where they first turn for e-books; some 78 % of e-book readers under age 30 look for e-books first at an online bookstore (compared with 75 % of those over 30), while 16 % of younger readers look first at the public library (compared with 11 % of older respondents).

While digital content for younger readers is a booming business, especially among app developers who have created dynamic interactive edutainment with the capabilities, Sourcebooks has actually stepped away from some of the bells - and - whistles normally associated with kids» tablet books and just kept the great storyline, professional read - aloud narration, and illustrations with optional sound effects and background music.

Among the award winning authors and titles from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers to be offered on Storia are «National Book Award winner, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part - Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes, Printz Award - winning author of Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi, Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson, Hug Time and The Gift of Nothing by New York Times bestselling Patrick McDonnell and many other titles.

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A circle of bawdy elder women and the smart and funny sisters Snow and Josette (among the young characters who will fascinate advanced teen readers) provide comic relief and covertly wise counsel, while Peter's extreme preparedness for the turn - of - the - millennium apocalypse offers a piquant reflection on questions of fear and faith.

This may be due to the often lower price of grade - level appropriate books for high schoolers versus more expensive, full - color books for young readers, but also may be due to the higher rates of digital device ownership among young adult readers.

A hit among adult and young readers, ONCE WE WERE KINGS has been enjoyed in middle school classrooms and will soon find its way into the libraries of schools and even juvenile correctional facilities, where Mr. Alexander hopes to bring not only entertainment, but a love for reading, and hope for the future of young people.

The growing appeal of young adult titles among older readers has continued to bump up the age of book buyers for titles in that category.

She also cites a common misconception among parents of the unsuitability of books, which can be considered too young or too old for a potential reader.

While Phet Phra Uma might be best known among adults, the eBook release will reinvent the literature to be conveniently accessible for them while young readers, who are familiar with the technology, can be the next - generation ambassadors to explore literature that has never been uncovered in their lifetime.

Among the book's earliest critics — even before it came out — was PETA, whose president contacted Random House to point out it might send the wrong message to young readers.

But, as Larry Bodine at Law Marketing Blog points out, While the Young Stray, Serious Readers Still Follow Blogs, noting that blogging among 34 to 73 year - olds increased.