Saturday 26 October 2013

Understanding Empowering Books For Women

By Alissa Gilliam


The revenues generated from the sales of the empowering books for women have been increasing for the last couple of years. The rise in the sales can be directly or indirectly attributed to the global led crusade focusing on increasing the awareness on gender equality. Some of the materials are however focusing on furthering the agenda of the authors without taking the matters of equality with seriousness it deserves.

Civilization and the advent of the education system have led to a drastic change in the family set ups and the society's expectations of us. Long ago most societies were patriarchal with the males as the heads of families. This is no longer the case as women have risen from the banishment to support roles to heads of even the largest corporations in the continent.

Literature is concerned in passing along some special messages. In the process of production of literature materials, some sub-optimal materials may find their way into the market. The substandard materials give the great pieces of art a bad name. Most of these books seem to be promoting the idea that the woman can be the stronger sex.

Instead of making this world a better place to live it has done the direct opposite. Court battles are on the increase. The family structure was mutilated long ago and respect forgotten. All this time writers have provided no remedy. All they have been doing is feed us with loads of irrelevant literature while the pillars of our society crumbled.

Pricing of these records has also become a pertinent problem. While some are going at a throw a way's price, others are priced highly. This gives an illusion of the quality of the literature inside. In real sense, the strategy adopted is dependent on the target audience as opposed to the content. Quality of print used and marketing model adopted also play a major role in determining the price charged. Thus, readers need to research on other works by the same writer before getting their books.

Before buying the books from the retail stores, the readers ought to conduct a background check on the publishers. The background checks should be carried out on various aspects of literature materials being published. Backgrounds checks help establish the quality of publications. As a result of profiling, the rating of print materials tends to increase. This is mainly because the readers are motivated to get the best value of their money.

Promoters after making their client's work known should be as truthful as possible. Consumer tastes are likely to conform to media personalities'. Wrongful adverts should therefore not be allowed to run for the sake of innocent consumers. Media should only promote well written literature that will enhance citizens'well being.

The internet has replaced bookshops and libraries as the perfect source of information. This is the same case for empowering books for women. Every strong-willed lady is encouraged to read some, either those available for free or those slapped with a price tag.




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