A malefactor who atones for making your writing nonsense by permitting the compositor to make it unintelligible.

a person hired by a production company, producer, director, studio, or agent to read a script then write coverage on it. They generally work free lance and are paid approximately $45 a script.

A professor responsible for advising, reading, and finally approving a graduate student's dissertation. A student usually has two or three readers (the "first" reader being the main adviser), each of whom has some special interest or expertise in the student's special field, and is thus in a good position to help supervise the research and writing of the dissertation.

a book that is a collection of essays and writings from a collection of authors or one author on a single

a collection of excerpts from various works, usually selected by the professor

an indispensable collection of excerpts from the most significant writings in classical liberal thought and market analysis

a panorama of great writing and powerful ideas

Individual who reads scripts and writes down synopsis of the plotline, offering positive or negative comments (the process is called "providing coverage"), which assist studio execs or interested parties if script is worthwhile.

A person who reads screenplays for a production company or stageplays for a theater company and writes a report about them, often being paid per report.

In some Christian churches, the Reader is responsible for reading aloud excerpts of the scripture at a liturgy. In early Christian times, the reader was of particular value, given the rarity of literacy.