John Green was included in this assignment because he is the undisputed literary king of social media. He uses many avenues to communicate with the public, including twitter, facebook, tumblr, and youtube. He uses them to share ideas, events, rantings, whatever is on his mind with his fans, the "nerdfighters". He is often held up as an example of what is possible in today's social media-saturated world. He knows where his fans go, and he wants to be there with them. He is very successful in his methods, and his vlogs often appear on "authentic" news sites.
Cassandra Clare also uses tumblr to communicate with her fans, and right now it is heavily promoting the movie adaptations of her books. Tumblr seems to be much less interactive than fb or twitter, but very useful for sharing images (which she is obviously very excited about!) I feel that this will excite existing fans (especially teens) but will probably not draw in any new ones.
Monday, June 10, 2013
Week 7 Assignment 2
New Adult: Needless Marketing-Speak Or Valued Subgenre? Publisher’s Weekly, Dec 14, 2012
"New Adult" was a buzz-word at last year's Book Expo America, and this year it was a topic of more than one session there. I feel that it is useful for the publishing industry, but libraries need not necessarily rush to create new spaces for these books as a collection. We have known for a while that readers read what they like and do not need to be pigeonholed by labels. I am attending ALA in a few weeks, and I am interested to compare the uses of "New Adult" within the library world with that of publishing.
Who is Buying Teen Books? Christian Science Monitor Sep 14, 2012
This article draws very insightful parallels between movie adaptations and book buyers. I think that the idea can trend both ways--movie-goers will seek out the books and readers will eagerly anticipate movie versions of their favorite stories. Teens today are consumers in their own right, and I often have parents coming in to the library asking for books that their teens have read and told them about. An interesting anectode: This morning I had a father and son looking for books for the boy's summer reading list. After they found a few, the dad asked me for The Mark of Athena. The boy said "I've already read that Dad," to which the dad replied "I know...it is for ME!"
I have commented on Doris Somers' and Maureen Roberts' blogs.
"New Adult" was a buzz-word at last year's Book Expo America, and this year it was a topic of more than one session there. I feel that it is useful for the publishing industry, but libraries need not necessarily rush to create new spaces for these books as a collection. We have known for a while that readers read what they like and do not need to be pigeonholed by labels. I am attending ALA in a few weeks, and I am interested to compare the uses of "New Adult" within the library world with that of publishing.
Who is Buying Teen Books? Christian Science Monitor Sep 14, 2012
This article draws very insightful parallels between movie adaptations and book buyers. I think that the idea can trend both ways--movie-goers will seek out the books and readers will eagerly anticipate movie versions of their favorite stories. Teens today are consumers in their own right, and I often have parents coming in to the library asking for books that their teens have read and told them about. An interesting anectode: This morning I had a father and son looking for books for the boy's summer reading list. After they found a few, the dad asked me for The Mark of Athena. The boy said "I've already read that Dad," to which the dad replied "I know...it is for ME!"
I have commented on Doris Somers' and Maureen Roberts' blogs.
Monday, June 3, 2013
Week 6 Assignment 3
Cyberpunk: High-tech and low life, features conflicts involving computer hackers and big corporations, usually set in the near future. Popular authors include William Gibson, John Shirley, and Neal Stephenson. I found info and authors on Goodreads. Trends being discussed among fans mostly involve gaming as well as self-publishing their own work.
Borough Warfare: a subgenre of urban fiction. I could find nothing upon searching. I changed my search to "gang warfare" fiction and did find a few sites, but most were actually true stories. Finally, "gang" fiction yielded results both old and new, like S. E. Hinton, Reymundo Sanchez, and Cupcake Brown (gotta love some of these names!) Memoirs seem to be more popular than fiction in this subgenre.
Native American Western: Historial or current, focuisng on the plight of Native Americans in the West. No real fan sites, but lots of links to Native American information. I did find a website for Western Writers or America. Did you know they give out annual "Spur Awards" for Western writing? It covers everything from movie scripts to poetry! A few of this year's winners were Amanda Coplin, Johnny D. Boggs and James Reasoner.
Mash-ups:
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Graham-Smith combines historical fiction with horror
Cinder by Marissa Meyer combines a fairy tale with science fiction
Borough Warfare: a subgenre of urban fiction. I could find nothing upon searching. I changed my search to "gang warfare" fiction and did find a few sites, but most were actually true stories. Finally, "gang" fiction yielded results both old and new, like S. E. Hinton, Reymundo Sanchez, and Cupcake Brown (gotta love some of these names!) Memoirs seem to be more popular than fiction in this subgenre.
Native American Western: Historial or current, focuisng on the plight of Native Americans in the West. No real fan sites, but lots of links to Native American information. I did find a website for Western Writers or America. Did you know they give out annual "Spur Awards" for Western writing? It covers everything from movie scripts to poetry! A few of this year's winners were Amanda Coplin, Johnny D. Boggs and James Reasoner.
Mash-ups:
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Graham-Smith combines historical fiction with horror
Cinder by Marissa Meyer combines a fairy tale with science fiction
Week 6 Assignment 1
I chose to follow Urban Reviews, but quickly discovered that the site was not very current and too disorganized for me to make much sense of. The librarian in me screamed for some order! I switched to Street Fiction, which is much easier to use, although it is also not all that current. I like the genre breakdown, especially the Christian fiction section. Urban Fiction is not all drugs and pimps, and it is sometimes difficult to find urban christian fiction to recommend within the larger urban genre. I also appreciate the teen section, which can also serve as "urban fiction light" for readers who want to sample the genre without getting into the hardcore stuff.
Week 5 Assignment 3
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
This is the sequel to the highly successful children's book Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and will be published in January 2014. It also uses vintage photographs as the jumping-off point for the action, as the children flee to London. Unfortunately, more danger awaits them. Chilling and creepy, the haunting images in the photos make these books great for fans of scary stories with thrilling adventures.
This is the sequel to the highly successful children's book Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and will be published in January 2014. It also uses vintage photographs as the jumping-off point for the action, as the children flee to London. Unfortunately, more danger awaits them. Chilling and creepy, the haunting images in the photos make these books great for fans of scary stories with thrilling adventures.
Week 5 Assignment 2
In addition to the usual suspects such as New Releases, James Patterson and Gone Girl, Parkville customers love them some bonnet fiction! A display featuring ladies wearing bonnets (think Amish, Mennonite, and even colonial) was in constant need of refilling. Ironically, they also love erotic fiction (another display that was highly successful).
Week 5 Assignment 1
EarlyWord is an amazing resource. I try to check it a few times a week, but the weekly newsletter is my favorite way to keep up with the week's news. It does lean more towards media tie-ins and books being made into movies, but that is what many customers come in asking about anyway. There are more useful resources on EarlyWord than I could ever have time to use (left and right sidebars are full of links) and I am trying to explore a few each week. One of my favorites so far is the link to the Pinterest pages from the Galleychats. These give you a cover shot of the upcoming books that librarians are excited about.
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