Reader

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In general speech, the word reader refers to anyone who reads. (For example, in discusussing a written text, one might speak of the intended emotion to be instilled in "the reader.") Conversely, it could refer to a regular publication to which multiple people contribute (see reader (book)). It may also mean one the following:

• A person:
  • Colin Reader, English geologist
  • Eddi Reader, Scottish singer
  • Francis Reader (born 1965) , Scottish musician
  • Ralph Reader (1903-1982), British director and producer, famous for originating the Gang Show in Scouting
  • Historically, a person who entertained cigar factory workers by reading books or newspapers aloud, also known as a lector; see cigar manufacture
• A place:
  • Reader, Arkansas
  • Reader, Illinois
  • Reader, West Virginia
• Various newspapers and magazines, including:
  • The Chicago Reader, a newsweekly
  • Los Angeles Reader, a weekly paper, now defunct
  • High Plains Reader, an independent weekly tabloid
  • The Reader (Omaha weekly), an alternative weekly newspaper in Omaha, Nebraska
  • The Reader (magazine), a literary quarterly published by the University of Liverpool
  • The Weekly Reader, an educational magazine for children
  • Utne Reader, a periodical, now simply called Utne
• In computing/technology, devices or programs such as:
  • Adobe Reader
  • Google Reader
  • Microsoft Reader
  • Sony Reader
  • The e-Reader, by Nintendo
  • Bible Reader for Palm
• Reader (liturgy), someone charged with reading Scripture in church (also called a Lector)
• Reader (academic rank), the British academic rank between senior (or principal) lecturer and professor
• Reader-response criticism, a primarily German and American literary theory
• The Reader, a novel by Bernhard Schlink
• Basal reader, textbooks used to teach reading and associated skills to schoolchildren:
  • McGuffey Readers, examples of these
• Reader (book), a book of different pieces of writing, often by many authors, for example:
  • Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
• Plate reader (or microplate reader), a laboratory instrument