Book description
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 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. "As always, Hooper's writing is clear
and precise. He illustrates his points with examples of reviews from a
wide range of sources and writers, giving the reader a superb set of
examples of good, and occasionally bad, reviewing." 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.)
