Collins, Jim, <br/><br/>
Bring on the books for everybody :  how literary culture became popular culture / 
Jim Collins. 
 - Durham, NC :  Duke University Press,  2010. 
 - 287 p. :  ill. ; 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-275) and index. 
<br/><br/>The end of civilization (or at least civilized reading) as you know it : Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and self-cultivation -- Book clubs, book lust, and national librarians : literary connoisseurship as popular entertainment -- The movie was better : the rise of the cine-literary -- "Miramaxing" : beyond mere adaptation -- Sex and the post-literary city -- The devoutly literary bestseller. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780822345886 (cloth : alk. paper) 0822345889 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822346067 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0822346060 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Popular culture and literature--United States.<br/>Popular culture--United States.<br/>Book clubs (Bookselling)--United States.<br/>Book clubs (Discussion groups)--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.0973 COL