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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]