March 2008

Readers' Advisor News

An e-newsletter published quarterly by Libraries Unlimited

Featured Article

Not So Cozy: An Insider's Thoughts About the Subgenre by Pari Noskin Taichert

… By the time I got my second Agatha nomination, I didn't want to use the word cozy at all, didn't want to be associated with it. What happened? Had I changed? Had my work changed? Or had the cozy subgenre somehow come to mean something different? …
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Scholarship and Research

Reflections on Teaching Popular Materials by David Carr

… Every life is an imagined life. Reading asks: How will you choose to imagine yours? …
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Library Perspective

Customer Reviews at the Denver Public Library by James Smith

… At Denver Public Library, we've been posting customer reviews on our web site since late 2005. …
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Industry Perspective

Today's Cover Story: New Trends in Book Cover Design and Their Impact on Readers by Abby Bass

… replacing an old copy of a worn classic with a new copy that has a striking, up-to-date cover design can work wonders for its circulation …
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