Sentences with phrase «readers reading fiction»

In terms of reading platforms, mobile devices enjoy almost exclusive preference (China being the world's biggest market for smartphones), with a high percentage of readers reading fiction through apps.

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Not exact matches

Blog Farnam Street recently did readers a favor by compiling several billionaires» favorite fiction reads into one long list.

Authors often use an avatar in their fiction stories — it is not Jack that climbs the beanstalk, it is the author... and many times, it is the reader that years later «lives» the story as they read it.

Perhaps most poignantly, one reader who read the book in light of the pedophilia scandals and the church's early secrecy about them says, tentatively but tellingly: «With all that is going on in the Catholic Church today, it makes you wonder if some of the fiction is actually true.»

Lewis» Space Trilogy, consisting of the books Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength is a very good allagory on Christianity from a more «adult» viewpoint, without the obvious appeal to the young reader, even though they read like science fiction stories.

My kid, an avid reader, can not keep up with the kid whose mother fudges the reading log or checks out half of the Juvenile Fiction section on the day the program starts just to sabotage everyone.

Just because a child does not like to read fiction does not mean he / she isn't a reader.

These books would appear in full, so the reader of the novel would read the reading of the narrator — mysteries, romances, westerns, sci fi, and «literary» fiction, his taste would be catholic.

If your goal is to persuade and be believed about the truth of a particular point, then what would possess you to choose to work in a genre whose very name, fiction, explicitly warns the reader not to believe a word she reads?

After digesting short literary excerpts, people performed better on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test — a common measure of the ability to judge others» mental states — compared with readers of popular fiction.

I'm a voracious reader and work in publishing, so the amount of books I read per year is probably more than the average person, but I primarily read fiction.

I am an avid reader who enjoys reading fiction.

And of course a broad and deep base of knowledge doesn't just assist students in reading nonfiction texts: it makes successful readers of fiction too, just as the knowledge that students derive from reading isn't exclusively from nonfiction.

Give students time to read in class (fiction and nonfiction) and then do something active with what they read, such as contributing to a class blog, building a museum box, debating a topic in their book, or creating readers» theaters from sections in the book.

Some ideas to make reading appealing to adolescents include pairing classic literature with similarly themed young adult fiction; building a classroom library that addresses the curriculum and the needs of students; providing time for sustained silent reading; start book clubs; and using Venn diagrams, dinner party, and readers» theater techniques to explore issues in literature.

Students who are the «least diversified readers» (reading only one type of text with frequency) have the lowest reading literacy achievement, while students who are «diversified readers in long and complex texts» (who frequently read fiction and nonfiction books in addition to magazine and newspaper articles) have the highest reading literacy achievement.

You'll discover trends in fiction and nonfiction reading based on deep insights from Renaissance Accelerated Reader ® data.

This is, in large part, because readers read historical fiction for different reasons.

While there are a few exceptions (Stephen King can write whatever genre he wants and people buy it because he's Stephen King — he IS the brand), genre fiction readers want to read within a genre.

Sony has entered the eBook retail market with the launch of Reader Store UK, a one - stop shop for the purchase of digital editions of old and new fiction and non-fiction books.However, while it has an online presence to browse and search for books, purchasing... Read more

The absolute best «fact» about fiction readers is that they buy MULTIPLE books in their niche because they are always craving more to read.

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If we can use this «frictionless fiction» to turn some non-readers into readers, everyone in the reading economy stands to benefit.

Generally this is 2,000 word chapters of original short genre fiction with cliffhangers that hook the reader to keep reading and keep buying.

Early on, when science fiction was a genre only read by science geeks and kids who built their own telescopes, readers felt that they were the aliens in the larger real world.

The way we see it, the most important thing we can do for the reading economy is to create an audience of eager readers who want high - quality fiction.

Melissa writes emotionally - driven contemporary fiction and suspense with passionate characters that remain with the reader long after they've read the last words.

I was the collaborator on the national bestseller The Way of the SEAL (Reader's Digest Books, 2013) among other successful titles, and I'm honored to say that since 1999 I've helped over a hundred books across fiction and nonfiction categories make their way to the reading public one way or another.

It's important to note that this is not the Twilight / Hunger Games phenomenon; in recent years, the surge in sales of YA fiction was taken to be a sign that more and more young people were reading, but that was quickly dispelled once the industry understood that YA fiction was drawing in massive crowds of adult readers.

People have a tendency to believe that the first book of yours they read was also the first book you wrote, so many readers who were introduced to Liz through Eat, Pray, Love (there were more than 8 million of them) neglected to notice that she had already written three other books before that, two of them fiction.

In this masterpiece of contemporary fiction, Lee gives the reader a wide range of topics, settings and characters: there is enough variety to please almost every reading taste.

Reading historical fiction calms these anxieties for readers.

Elements of the Psychological Thriller, Mystery, Suspense and / or Crime Fiction Genres - structural expectations of readers when reading certain genres, includes some more definitions and resources.

Digital fictions therefore usually require that the reader interacts with them throughout the reading experience.

As part of the AHRC - funded Reading Digital Fiction project, I am currently investigating how readers read digital fFiction project, I am currently investigating how readers read digital fictionfiction.

Fortunately, most indie fiction avoids the DRM trap, allowing readers like me to read however we want.

If you're just dipping your toe into science fiction and not sure where to begin or if you're a long - time fan and reader, this stellar collection, which is both historic and unique, is an excellent addition to your elibrary, providing world - class, award - winning reading right now and into the holidays.

Maybe soon all this book gaming will start to piss readers off when there's hardly any good books to read any more, then they'll go looking for writers who stuck with it and write good fiction, rather than just pumping out crap and then gaming the system.

Listening as readers shared answers to authors» questions in the reverse panel — from humorous confessions of starting with the last page first to heartfelt tributes about why they read Christian fiction.

Well trodden ground for most readers though, so for my fiction example I'd like to highlight a friendship from the * second * fantasy I read, which was The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever.

400 pages + for fiction seems to be asking a lot of readers in certain genres, not that there are not those who will read this, but when targeting a mass reading demographic, 300 - 350 page range seems accessible.

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This provocative, intensely powerful novel is a must - read for sci - fi fans and Civil War aficionados, though mainstream fiction readers will find it heart - rending and inspiring as well.

Unfortunately I will pass on reading your work, as I publish speculative fiction genres and I would never be able to do yours justice as a reader, editor or publisher.

Obviously there are a great many readers who read self - published fiction; otherwise the authors I personally know who are self - publishing would not be enjoying the levels of success they are enjoying.

We want serial to be a format that every fiction reader loves to read and every fiction writer at least considers experimenting with at some point.

I foolishly thought that the majority of READERS statistically read fiction... and that the majority of READERS statistically happen to be female.

Once Humans (Daimones Trilogy) by Massimo Marino Posted in Science Fiction & Fantasy by editor — December 30, 2013 Amazon, $ 4.50, 314 pages The second in the Daimones Trilogy from Massimo Marino, does a great job of clueing in the reader about the first book with a detailed prologue, making the reading of the first volume not necessary.

Young readers will take the surge of eBook reading from the Children's genre to Young Adult, and eventually to Contemporary Fiction.