Oprah's Book Club
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Oprah's Book Club is a highly influential literary discussion segment and reading initiative associated with Oprah Winfrey that has significantly boosted the popularity and sales of many featured books.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oprah's Book Club 2.0 | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary discussion segment
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reading initiative ⓘ television book club ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Harpo Studios
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surface form:
Harpo Productions
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network ⓘ
surface form:
Oprah Winfrey Network
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Oprah Winfrey ⓘ |
| distributionChannel |
broadcast television
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cable television ⓘ online streaming ⓘ web content ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
contemporary fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ memoir ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAudience | millions of viewers ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
increased visibility for featured authors
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significant increase in sales of selected books ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
literary criticism
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talk show segment ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
book marketing strategies
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publishing industry ⓘ reading culture in North America ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Oprah's Book Club
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Oprah's Book Club 2.0
discussion questions ⓘ online reading guides ⓘ reader community forums ⓘ |
| hasSelectionFrequency | several books per year ⓘ |
| inception | 1996 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
digital book club
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television segment ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influencing book sales
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popularizing selected titles ⓘ shaping reading trends in the United States ⓘ |
| notableSelection |
A Fine Balance
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Night ⓘ The Corrections ⓘ The Deep End of the Ocean ⓘ The Road ⓘ |
| partOf | The Oprah Winfrey Show ⓘ |
| platform |
online
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television ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | personally selected by Oprah Winfrey ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
community building through shared books
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literacy promotion ⓘ self-improvement through reading ⓘ |
| typicalFormat |
book announcement on show
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group discussion of themes and characters ⓘ interviews with authors ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oprah's Book Club 2.0