The phrase "a steady reader of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who regularly reads a particular publication, genre, or author.
Example: "As a steady reader of mystery novels, she always has a new book to recommend."
Alternatives: "an avid reader of" or "a regular reader of".
In my nearly two years as public editor, I've had a steady flow of reader complaints about The New York Times's many critics: never in a crescendo, always diffused across various themes, this muted chorus of discomfort swells when opinion cuts too deep.
Finally, the "peace process" industry — with its legions of consultants, pundits, academics and journalists — needs a steady supply of readers, listeners and funders who are either desperately worried that this latest round of talks will lead to the establishment of a Palestinian state, or that it will not.
But in the 10 years since their memoirs came out, they said, a steady stream of readers have reached out to them like I did, craving connection with someone ― anyone.
Each week since we started the project last year, I've found that there's always a steady percentage of my readers who a) viscerally hate it (Sunburst, for instance), b) despise it (hertfordbridge), or c) misunderstand it.
Ward and other writers will get a steady stream of income, readers will get the work of their favorite authors automatically, and Amazon has a captive source of revenue.
Styron survived that first calamity and wrote about it in his 1990 memoir, "Darkness Visible," which may prove the work for which he's best remembered; in his final years he received a steady stream of letters from readers who thanked him for saving their lives.
From shortly after the mass shooting took place until more than a week later, The Times live blog ran a steady stream of updates for readers.
What the essays advertised was not just the books; it was a sense of intellectual ease and familiarity that readers might, through a steady consumption of such books, hope to acquire themselves.
It's as if the narrator feels insecure about her ability to hold the reader's attention without a steady stream of nudges, promises and intrusive asides.
