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The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction
Joyce G. Saricks
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Description for The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction
Paperback. Offers a way of understanding the vast universe of genre fiction. This book provides: key authors and themes within 15 genres; an explanation as to how the different genres overlap; and, the elements of fiction most likely to entice readers. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC; GLM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
This revised edition provides a way of understanding the vast universe of genre fiction in an easy-to-use format. Expert readers' advisor Joyce Saricks offers groundbreaking reconsideration of the connections among genres, providing: key authors and themes within 15 genres; an explanation as to how the different genres overlap; and, the elements of fiction most likely to entice readers. Provocative and spirited, ""The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction, 2nd Edition"" offers hands-on strategies for librarians who want to become experts at figuring out what their readers are seeking and how to match books with those interests.
This revised edition provides a way of understanding the vast universe of genre fiction in an easy-to-use format. Expert readers' advisor Joyce Saricks offers groundbreaking reconsideration of the connections among genres, providing: key authors and themes within 15 genres; an explanation as to how the different genres overlap; and, the elements of fiction most likely to entice readers. Provocative and spirited, ""The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction, 2nd Edition"" offers hands-on strategies for librarians who want to become experts at figuring out what their readers are seeking and how to match books with those interests.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
American Library Association United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL, United States
ISBN
9780838909898
SKU
V9780838909898
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Ref
99-3
About Joyce G. Saricks
Joyce G. Saricks has worked as coordinator of the Literature and Audio Services Department at the Downers Grove Public Library since 1983. In addition to co-authoring Readers' Advisory Service in the Public Library (ALA Editions), she has published several articles on readers' advisory and co-created the Adult Reading Round Table, an organization of more than 200 Chicago-area readers' advisors. In ... Read more
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