Comments on: Reviews?

By: Vicky Alvear Shecter

Vicky Alvear Shecter — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:56:01 +0000

I’ve been beaten to the punch, but I would agree–libraries! I always hit the “New books” sections, whether they be fiction or nonfiction. Libraries, I assume, are reading those journals, so they are still highly influential. IF they are indeed still reading them, that is!

By: Marc Aronson

Marc Aronson — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:45:17 +0000

Thanks for mentioning INK, and people who read this blog should certainly know about it.

By: Anna M Lewis

Anna M Lewis — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:53:44 +0000

I have to hop in and mention I.N.K.: Interesting Nonfiction for Kids -
inkrethink.blogspot.com

A year old, we have already gathered quite a following. Let us know what you think.

I was very disappointed when The Tribune stopped their individual book section. So glad there’s still the NYT!

By: Marc Aronson

Marc Aronson — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:37:06 +0000

You are both on to something — I did that as a kid, rushed to see what was on the New shelves, nonfiction, or some novelist whose last book I loved. But look at the steps that requires — library has to learn of the book, have the budget to buy it, and get it out to be read. At a minimum I’d say that is a six month delay after pub, probably more like a year as a national average. Chain bookstores do nothing like this, and there are so few indies that they almost don’t count. Still, wonder if publishers could do something like YA Galley with NF ARCs — so that libraries could start sharing them pre-pub, using the New Shelf as a form of publicity.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:19:21 +0000

I agree–it’s about what’s highlighted at the library, either on a “new” shelf, or picked for display by librarians. Presumably the same thing is at work in bookstores, but it’s in libraries that you really see kids seizing nonfiction that looks interesting.

By: Tricia (Miss Rumphius)

Tricia (Miss Rumphius) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 07:01:22 +0000

I’m a bit of an oddball in that I regularly check Books in Print to see what is coming out, and since I’m a nonfiction lover, that’s what I look for.

My son and I go to the library every Friday when he gets off the bus. Our first stop is the NEW shelf in the kids section. The librarians set off a special area for nonfiction, so all the new titles are highlighted.

Finally, I participate in Nonfiction Monday, where bloggers review nonfiction for kids. I learn about new titles here, though the number of participants is relatively small.