Robert A Stebbins The Committed Reader sku-21278880

Robert A Stebbins' The Committed Reader is a paperback listed under Reading Skill Books as sku-21278880. It examines why adults and eager late-adolescent readers devote sustained time and concentration to reading, drawing on library and information science and the serious leisure perspective.

The book considers reading for utility, pleasure and fulfillment across work, leisure and non-work obligations. It discusses practical reading, reading for relaxation or entertainment, and the close attention to writing, plot and ideas involved in fulfilling reading. It also looks at how readers seek, interpret, organize and sometimes share knowledge from books, magazines, manuals and reports.

Other topics include reading environments, book clubs, bookstores, public readings and censorship.