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Title The readers' advisory handbook / edited by Jessica E. Moyer and Kaite Mediatore Stover.

Publication Info. Chicago : American Library Association, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 228 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series ALA readers' advisory series
ALA readers' advisory series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents How to read a book in ten minutes / Jessica E. Moyer -- Nonfiction speed dating / Sarah Statz Cords -- How to listen to a book in thirty minutes / Kaite Mediatore Stover -- How to read a graphic novel in five minutes / Erin Downey Howerton -- Keeping up : genre studies as continuing education / Lucy M. Lockley -- Reviews and annotations for fiction and nonfiction / Lynne Welch -- Reviewing audiobooks / Sue-Ellen Beauregard -- How to review graphic novels and manga / Jessica Zellers -- Reviewing and evaluating reference materials / Jessica E. Moyer -- Passive readers' advisory : bookmarks, booklists, and displays / Lissa Staley -- Creating themed booklists / Lynne Welch -- Read-alikes / Lynne Welch -- Bookgroup kits / Lissa Staley -- Taking readers' advisory online / Bobbi Newman -- Bookgroups / Kay Sodowsky -- How to host author events / Paul Smith -- Adult storytime / David Wright -- Readers' advisory by proxy for teens / Heather Booth -- Readers' advisory for older adults / Alicia Ahlvers -- Readers' advisory for incarcerated populations / Kate Pickett and CJ Sullivan -- Suggesting adult books to teen readers / Jessica E. Moyer -- Suggesting teen books to adult readers / Heather Booth.
Summary A one-stop resource for all kinds of readers' advisory issues, including: how to advise patrons on all kinds of media, from fiction and nonfiction to audiobooks, graphic novels and even reference materials; how to provide services to senior citizens, teens and even readers who are incarcerated; how to handle author visits and book groups; how to enhance storytelling, even for adults; how to market and promote RA; and much more.
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Subject Readers' advisory services -- United States.
Readers' advisory services.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Moyer, Jessica E.
Stover, Kaite Mediatore.
Other Form: Print version: Readers' advisory handbook. Chicago : American Library Association, ©2010 (DLC) 2009045793
ISBN 9780838999028 (e-book)
0838999026 (e-book)
9780838990346
0838990347
9780838910429 (alkaline paper)
0838910424
Standard No. 9786613148049