Writing Reviews for Readers' Advisory

by Brad Hooper

Overview

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 * A chapter by Joyce Saricks covering the how-tos of reviewing audiobooksWhether 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780838910177
Publisher:	American Library Association
Publication date:	12/22/2009
Series:	Booklist Publication
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Brad Hooper is the former Adult Books Editor at Booklist. He is the author of two previous ALA Edition books, The Short Story Readers’ Advisory and Writing Reviews for Readers’ Advisory. He was the 2015 recipient of the Louis Shores Award for outstanding reviewing. He served as Chair of the selection committee of the Carnegie Medals.

Table of Contents

Preface xi

1 Marketing through Reviewing 1

2 Reviews versus Criticism 5

3 Two Kinds of Reviews: Before Publication and After Publication 75

4 What Is in a Book Review? 23

5 What Makes a Good Review? 43

6 What Makes a Good Reviewer? 55

7 Review-Writing Workshops 65

8 Writing Audiobook Reviews Joyce Saricks 77

Appendixes

A Writing Annotations 81

B My Favorite Reviewers 83

Bibliography 89

Index 91