Reader

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Reader can mean a person who is reading a text, or a basal reader like the McGuffey Readers, books used to teach reading. It may also refer to:

The Reader

An anthology: a book of different pieces of writing, often by many authors, for example:
- Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, a series of books containing trivia and short essays on miscellaneous topics, ostensibly for reading in the bathroom
The Reader, a 1995 novel by Bernhard Schlink
- The Reader (2008 film), movie based on the novel
Plate reader (or microplate reader), a laboratory instrument
"Readers", a slang term for reading glasses
Reader-response criticism, a literary theory, primarily German and American

Persons who read

A publisher's reader, also called a first reader
Historically, a person who entertained cigar factory workers by reading books or newspapers aloud, also known as a lector; see cigar manufacture
Reader (liturgy), someone charged with reading Scripture in church (also called a Lector)
Reader (Christian Science Church), a person who conducts services in a Christian Science church, also called a First Reader or Second Reader
Reader (Anglican Church)
Reader (academic rank), the British academic rank between senior (or principal) lecturer and professor
Reader (Inns of Court), originally a senior barrister of the Inns of Court in London who was elected to deliver a lecture or series of lectures on a particular legal topic

Chicago Reader, a newsweekly
Duzhe, (translated Reader(s)), a Chinese magazine
High Plains Reader, an independent weekly tabloid
Los Angeles Reader, a weekly paper, now defunct
The Reader (magazine), a literary quarterly published by the University of Liverpool
San Diego Reader, a weekly newspaper in San Diego, California
Utne Reader, a periodical
Weekly Reader, an educational magazine for children
The Reader (newspaper), a weekly newspaper in Omaha, Nebraska

Adobe Reader (now Adobe Acrobat), a PDF reader
Bible Reader for Palm (now Palm Bible Plus)
Card reader for Access control
E-reader for reading e-books
Foxit Reader, a multilingual PDF reader
Google Reader, a Web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline
K-NFB Reader, a handheld electronic reading device for the blind
Lisp reader, the parser for Lisp
Microsoft Reader, a Microsoft program for the reading of e-books
Microsoft Fingerprint Reader, a device that was produced by Microsoft
Newsreader (Usenet), for reading newsgroup posts
Nintendo e-Reader, for the Game Boy Advance
Reader, an element of Apple's web browser Safari
Screen reader, a software application that attempts to identify and interpret what is being displayed on the screen
Sony Reader, a line of e-book readers manufactured by Sony