Writing Reviews for Readers' Advisory

Brad Hooper

ISBN-13: 9780838910177

109 pages 
 6 x 9 
 2009

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.