you say tomato, i say tomahto: readers' advisory & handselling
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Slides from the 2014 Oregon Library Association Conference, covering the major tenets of both readers' advisory and handselling, as well as offering examples of tough book matching questions.TRANSCRIPT
You Say Tomato, I Say Tomahto
readers' advisory and handselling
featuring, for the librarians:
David WrightReaders’ Services Librarian,
The Seattle Public Libraryand
Alison KastnerReaders’ Services Coordinator,
Multnomah (OR) County Library
featuring, for the booksellers:
Katie KirkThe Book Bin, Salem, ORand
Billie BloebaumPowell’s @ PDX, Portland, OR
Handselling vs
Readers’ Advisory
She loves historical fiction, preferably that set in the
early 20th century. (Can you tell that she’s still hooked on Downton Abbey?)
No mysteries, just fiction.
what would you suggest?
A parent and child approach you, and the parent wants
the young reader to pick out a book.
how would you help this customer?
You have a reader who likes books where disparate people are introduced
and then, as the story moves on, the reader begins to see how each of the
people is connected to the greater story.
what book would you give this customer?
He’s a mystery reader, who likes fast paced plots and interesting characters.
He’s read and liked James Lee Burke and Walter Mosley.
He likes contemporary male characters, so no female private investigators for him.
He wants a series to read. And he turns his nose up at anything written by a woman.
what would you suggest?
You have a young kid who has pretty much read everything in the kids
section.
now what?
suggestions for Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
suggestions for the Bone series
suggestions for Wild
suggestions for I Capture the Castle
suggestions for A Discovery of Witches
suggestions for The Sisters Brothers
suggestions for The Fault in Our Stars
suggestions for Cars and Trucks and Things That Go
suggestions for Dubliners
suggestions for The Glass Castle
Questions?