Comments on: The Big Read http://www.ericjamesstone.com/blog/2008/07/02/the-big-read/ Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Maureen http://www.ericjamesstone.com/blog/2008/07/02/the-big-read/comment-page-1/#comment-20725 Maureen Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:45:19 +0000 http://www.ericjamesstone.com/blog/2008/07/02/the-big-read/#comment-20725 This list is from a survey taken in connection with World Book Day. The books are listed here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/mar/01/news You can read more about World Book Day here: http://www.worldbookday.com/ The NEA\'s Big Read only has 24 books on its list. http://www.neabigread.org I think the claim about the average person only reading six books was taken from the NEA\'s Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America. That\'s probably how the NEA\'s Big Read got connected to the World Book Day\'s survey and list. \"The 2002 SPPA asked all respondents how many books they read in 2002. Respondents who answered affirmatively indicated that they read approximately six books.\" The 2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) was conducted as a supplement to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Study (CPS), which scientifically selects households to represent the socio-economic characteristics of the U.S. population. This list is from a survey taken in connection with World Book Day. The books are listed here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/mar/01/news

You can read more about World Book Day here:
http://www.worldbookday.com/

The NEA\’s Big Read only has 24 books on its list.
http://www.neabigread.org

I think the claim about the average person only reading six books was taken from the NEA\’s Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in America. That\’s probably how the NEA\’s Big Read got connected to the World Book Day\’s survey and list.

\”The 2002 SPPA asked all respondents how many books they read in 2002. Respondents who answered affirmatively indicated that they read approximately six books.\”

The 2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) was conducted as a supplement to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Study (CPS), which scientifically selects households to represent the socio-economic characteristics of the U.S. population.

]]> By: The Big Read | DrCris Reads http://www.ericjamesstone.com/blog/2008/07/02/the-big-read/comment-page-1/#comment-20714 The Big Read | DrCris Reads Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:43:26 +0000 http://www.ericjamesstone.com/blog/2008/07/02/the-big-read/#comment-20714 [...] a Living and thought I would participate. Purplesque has also posted the list. Apparently, it is a bit of a scam, but I can look beyond [...] [...] a Living and thought I would participate. Purplesque has also posted the list. Apparently, it is a bit of a scam, but I can look beyond [...]

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