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Originally posted February 21, 2019
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- Part 37 of Exploring Fandom
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Originally posted February 19 and February 21, 2019
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- Part 36 of Exploring Fandom
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I don't often see discussion of how TV viewers are like readers, in that they not only like certain genres but also certain story tropes, and evaluate what they see based on whether or not it satisfies their story cravings rather than on the merits of whatever the thing is. Fanfic is a genre grounded in scratching itches, it is very reader oriented (even if the only reader is the writer) and is, especially when shared online, often part of a larger community of readers and set of works that all set up certain expectations.
Originally posted January 23, 2019
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- Part 35 of Exploring Fandom
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A few thoughts about whether the exception to the rule can ever be considered normal.
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- Part 14 of Fandom History
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The Love of Reading by yourlibrarian
Fandoms: Fandom - Fandom, Multifandom, Supernatural
20 Dec 2022
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In response to a fic I read, discussion about how the process of reading text is as important as writing.
Originally posted June 30, 2007 / November 17, 2018
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- Part 6 of Acafan Topics
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A survey on Reading Format and Time of Day as well as discussion of Empathy and the First Person POV
Originally posted January 14, 2011.
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- Part 9 of Fandom History
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Even better is when I can just download stuff and get to it whenever instead of worrying that whatever link I saved isn't going to be there at some point in the future.
Originally posted January 14, 2012.
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- Part 12 of Exploring Fandom
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Funny that she would use the word "romances" given that early sales of 50 Shades, not to mention the early success of the eReader market, have been largely ascribed to women NOT wanting other people to know (and judge) what they're reading.
Originally posted June 14, 2012
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- Part 10 of Outside Views
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Public Reading and the Rights of Characters by yourlibrarian
Fandoms: No Fandom, Jane Austen - Fandom
16 Dec 2022
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Despite a lot of fail going on in the conversation, the discussion concluded with two interesting points that could have used an hour's conversation on their own.
1) Digital book buying means an end to privacy in book sales. One can download free content anonymously but digital content requires registration of some kind. This led to a related point…
2) Reading is moving away from being an isolated, private activity and towards being more public and collective.
Originally posted June 8-10, 2011.
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- Part 8 of Outside Views
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This Salon article details reasons for why books never get read to the end. It made me think of the sort of "hostage" feeling some stories give you.
Originally posted July 15, 2013
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- Part 8 of Celebrating Writers
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A lonely boy connects with some unlikely people through his love of books.
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