Week Seven Work

*Not just for teens Library Journal, Jun 15, 2011:  After reading this article I found the section about the marketing of YA books interesting.  Utilizing video trailers for books and posting on Facebook and Twitter reaches a wider reader base than just teens.  Readership among adults will continue to grow because they are being marketed to just as much as the original teen target audience.

 

*The Next Big Thing YALSA; The Hub, Oct 2012:  Sometimes the adult public needs to be encouraged to pick up a teen book. As librarians, we understand their appeal value, but occasionally it takes a book talk to entice a customer to take a look at a potential title. Since I “follow” new teen titles, I was not surprised by the news that more and more adult authors are generating novels for the teen audience.

Comments posted to Peggy P. and Richard S.

The two blogs I followed were John Green Books and Teenreads.

I very much enjoyed the Teenreads site and liked the “Adult Books You Want to Read” feature.  This is the converse of our week 7 Be More Bookish assignment on adults that read teen novels.  This is a valuable tool in helping grow our readers to a more mature level of books once they are ready to look beyond the Teen section.  Another thing that I think makes this blog “work” is the variety and depth of articles.  I also liked the daily quotes and believe adults would get just as much from this blog as teens do.

The John Green Books site was fabulous.  If you weren’t a John Green fan before checking out his site, you will definitely want to try his books after visiting his blog.  His video clips are beyond entertaining and the running ticker on the front that posts readers’ comments on his books acts like a hook to get you interested in what they are discussing.  Both of these blogs would be enjoyed by adult and teen readers alike.

According to the two Teen imprints that I evaluated: Little, Brown Books for Teens and Tor Teen (Macmillan) it is my opinion that there is a current trend toward expansion of the sci-fi, paranormal genres.  The trailers and book blurbs discuss steampunk and genetic mutations.  I think the reign of the vampire may finally be over!