Reaching Reluctant Readers & Book Blogging Basics
Jennifer Hubert SwanWestchester Library Association Annual ConferenceTarrytown, New YorkReaching Reluctant Readers & Book Blogging Basics
Who are the Reluctant Readers?Teens who areToo TiredToo BusyToo ScheduledToo UninterestedToo Involved OnlineToo_____________
TO READ!
BooktalksGross-outs
Multimedia
Pairings
Playlists
Reality TV tie-ins
Booktalks: TwitterCameron is either losing his mind to mad cows or taking the road trip of a lifetime. Who knows where hell end up? Going Bovine by L. Bray
Both sides want her trust, but Isabel cant believe anyone in New York during the Revolutionary War. Slave or free? Chains-LHAndersonPrograms & ContestsAnything but Reading
Book Buddies
Book Trailer Workshop
Brown Bag Books
Stupid/Weird Book Hunt
DisplaysAs Good as Games
ARC Shelf
Dont Shelve
Recommended by Magazines
Roaming Bookmarks
Book Blogging BasicsWe can argue about characterization on Twitter, receive requests to critique whole novels on Facebook, or write a book blog that receives a wide monthly following. If that doesnt show the power of young adult literature, I dont know what does. Emma Allison, teenager. Why blog?Personal fulfillment
Professional connections
Provide mobile readers advisory
The Basics, A-CAdvertisingAudienceBooks, Getting ThemCommentsContentCosmetics
The Basics, L-PLegalities
Organization
Promotion
The Basics, S-TSoftware
Time
Tone
Alternatives to BloggingGoodreads
Librarything
Amazon
My Top Ten Book Blogs(all of these are also linked to Reading Rants: www.readingrants.com)Bookends
Bookshelves of Doom
A Chair, a Fireplace & a Tea Cozy
Guys Lit Wire
The Hub (YALSA)Im Here, Im Queer, What the Hell Do I Read?
I.N.K.
No Flying, No Tights
Reading in Color
Shelf Elf Thank you!Jennifer Hubert Swan, book nutTwitter:@[email protected]