Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preamble and Overview -- Chapter 1 The Personal Nature of Slow Reading -- Slow Reading in Religion and the Humanities -- The New Criticism and Close Reading -- Slow Reading with Youths -- The Voluntary Nature of Slow Reading -- The Personal Nature of Slow Reading -- Chapter 2 Slow Reading in an Information Ecology -- The Darkest Hour of the Book -- We Were Wrong: Print, Books and Libraries are Thriving -- Two Explanations for the Persistence of Print -- Slow Reading Print vs Scanning Online -- Slow Reading is Deeper than Technology -- Print is the Next Big Thing -- E-Book Readers Aspire to Print -- E-Books are Metadata for Print Books -- The Big Picture: An Information Ecology -- Chapter 3 The Slow Movement and Slow Reading -- Slow Reading and Locality -- Libraries as Producers of Slow Information -- Information Has a Location -- Slow Reading is Green -- Chapter 4 The Psychology of Slow Reading -- Controlled Studies of Slow Reading -- Slow Reading as a State of Consciousness -- The Librarian''s Guide to Getting Lost -- Bibliotherapy -- The Neuroscience of Slow Reading -- Chapter 5 The Practice of Slow Reading -- Select a Suitable Title for Slow Reading -- Prepare for Reading -- Gear Down and Go Interior -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- About the Author -- .
