Writing Reviews for Readers

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Reviews are an important resource for readers' advisory and collection development. They are also a helpful promotional tool, introducing patrons to what is new on the shelf. This resource includes: tips for writing strong, relevant reviews; different ways reviews can be used to promote your library; and, a chapter by Joyce Saricks covering the how-tos of reviewing audiobooks. Whether the ultimate goal is writing for a library website, book club, or monthly handout, or freelancing for a newspaper, magazine, or professional journal, readers will find plenty of ideas and insight here.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-02-01
Mått152 x 229 x 6 mm
Vikt175 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor112
FörlagAmerican Library Association
ISBN9780838910177

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Brad Hooper is the Adult Books Editor at Booklist, the flagship review journal of the American Library Association, which is published in Chicago. He has a Bachelor of Arts in European History and a Master of Science in Library Science, both degrees from Eastern Illinois University. He has also done graduate work in European History at the University of Illinois. He regularly speaks about reviewing and has conducted review-writing workshops for public librarians across the country. He is the author of The Short Story Readers' Advisory (ALA Editions, 2000); The Fiction of Ellen Gilchrist (Praeger, 2005); Read On...Historical Fiction, Libraries Unlimited (2006); and The Fiction of Alice Munro (Praeger, 2008.)