It has been expanded and improved with: - Easy ways to create "read alike" lists, identifying what else is "like" a favorite book - Practical guidelines for conducting the advisory interview so it's a comfortable exchange - Confidence-boosting tactics for drawing on reviews to make recommendations - Methods for incorporating nonfiction into the discussion - More resources and online tools
It has been expanded and improved with: - Easy ways to create "read alike" lists, identifying what else is "like" a favorite book - Practical g...
This revised edition provides a way of understanding the vast universe of genre fiction in an easy-to-use format. Expert readers' advisor Joyce Saricks offers groundbreaking reconsideration of the connections among genres, providing: key authors and themes within 15 genres; an explanation as to how the different genres overlap; and, the elements of fiction most likely to entice readers. Provocative and spirited, ""The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction, 2nd Edition"" offers hands-on strategies for librarians who want to become experts at figuring out what their readers are seeking and...
This revised edition provides a way of understanding the vast universe of genre fiction in an easy-to-use format. Expert readers' advisor Joyce Sarick...
The demand for audiobooks is booming, yet materials that help listeners make choices of what to listen to have been in short supply. "Read On...Audiobooks: Reading Lists for Every Taste" fills that gap, helping match reader interests and mood to titles that might please them.
Written by Joyce G. Saricks, a well-known writer and speaker on readers' advisory, the book offers original annotations for more than 300 audiobook titles, grouped according to some 60 themes, fiction and nonfiction. Lists are organized by character, story, setting, language, and mood/tone. Each entry provides a...
The demand for audiobooks is booming, yet materials that help listeners make choices of what to listen to have been in short supply. "Read On...Aud...
