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Book Clubs and Book Commerce [PDF]
, 2019 In the 20th century, cumulative millions of readers received books by mail from clubs like the Book-of-the-Month Club, the Book Society or Bertelsmann Club. This Element offers an introduction to book clubs as a distribution channel and cultural phenomenon, and shows that book clubs and book commerce are linked inextricably.
Norrick-Rühl, Corinna
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Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, and United States book clubs
Acta Neophilologica, 2004 This essay focuses on the influence of commercial book clubs in the United States. It will examine the country's oldest commercial book club, the Book-of-the-Month Club (BOMC), Oprah's Book Club (OBC), which bears the name of its founder, television ...
Mark Madigan
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Lecturas 2.0 : los clubes de lectura virtuales
BiD: Textos Universitaris de Biblioteconomia i Documentació, 2019 Objectivos: los clubes de lectura virtuales son una actividad idónea para fomentar la lectura y, a la vez, una excelente herramienta de prescripción lectora.
Delmàs Ruiz, Maria +2 more
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A Virtual Book Club for Professional Development in Emergency Medicine
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020 Introduction: Professional development is an important component of graduate medical education, but it is unclear how to best deliver this instruction. Book clubs have been used outside of medicine as a professional development tool.
Jaime Jordan +5 more
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Advancing book clubs as non-formal learning to facilitate critical public pedagogy in organizations [PDF]
, 2022 Book clubs are a well-known form of social engagement and are beneficial for those who take part, yet book clubs are not fully realized within management as a site for learning.
Kaeppel, Kristi +3 more
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Páginas a&b, 2020 Nowadays, the promotion of reading is imperative, given its benefits for the education of individuals and for school success, so it should mobilize the school to renew reading teaching and learning methods, especially literary reading, the most deficient
Ana Eustáquio, Teresa Cardoso
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The research of contemporary bibliophiles' libraries in Lithuania: experience and perspectives
Knygotyra, 2003 The main objective of this article is to carry out the research of contemporary bibliophily in Lithuania, to reflect on the methods used in the research and to present the results of the research of Lithuanian bibliophiles' libraries which took place in ...
Kristina Žemaitytė
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Literature and medicine. A Book Discussion Club at a medical univeristy
Forum Bibliotek Medycznych, 2022 One of the primary functions of a library is to promote reading. This is what every library, regardless of its type and nature, does on a daily basis - by lending books and providing a place for quiet reading.
Justyna Trawińska
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Back to the Future: Library Book Clubs for Individuals with Intellectual Disability (ID)
The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2019 This article provides context for library services for individuals with intellectual disability (ID) and then provides a case study and preliminary data on new efforts in the field for public libraries, school media centers, and academic libraries ...
Matthew Conner, Leah Plocharczyk
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The American Book Club: Book Clubs as Counterspaces [PDF]
, 2021 Book clubs have long been spaces for people to explore ideas, theories, and literature, particularly at times when many groups were barred from formal higher education.
Long, Ashlynn Faith
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