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Reader's Advisor
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Hi, I'm Sally Hansen
and my job is to make certain that the Library has
the books you want to read.
Book Selection: One of the
best things I like about working at the Columbus
Public Library is the time I have to read book
reviews in the trade journals and to peruse the
publishers' catalogs of soon-to-be-released books.
In selecting
fiction titles for the Library, I not only rely
upon my years in the book business and my
knowledge of authors, but I also love to take
recommendations from the public. There's
almost a 100% chance that if a library patron
recommends a book, I will see that it is
purchased. I learned a long time ago that no
one single person can keep up on all the new
titles in each genre; so
the recommendations I get are very valuable in
filling in the gaps that develop in the
collection. You can either visit with
me directly, or you can ask for one of the
Library's "recommendation" forms.
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Book Talks:
Should you ever need a speaker for
a half-hour presentation, I am available on a
week's notice to talk about what's new in the
fiction field. In order to make it more personal, I can tailor
my talk to the particular interest of your
organization.
Book
Clubs: Interest in
reading and in literature is very evident in
Columbus. Currently, there are nine active
book clubs in the city. There's room for
more discussion groups and as your "Reader's Advisor", I
am eager to help individuals start new book clubs.
As always, I am
available to advise all groups on the best books to
discuss. If given time, I can also help the
individual club member find review sources.
Generally, the
Library will not have enough copies of a
particular book for each member of a book club.
Rather than purchasing a personal copy, the book
club member may choose to ask the Library staff to
order a book through a service called
"Inter-Library Loan". This service is
partially subsidized by the Nebraska Library
Commission, but this Library does pay a fee for
each search and for each book ordered.
For a book club member who is ordering a copy of a
book discussion book through Inter-Library Loan,
the Library will absorb its electronic and
personnel expenses but will charge the requestor
the one-way postage cost for the book. This
charge is usually around $2.00 but the charge
depends upon the weight of the item.
Listed below are
the current book clubs. Within each citation
you will learn whether the club has an open
membership, when it regularly meets and the name
and phone number of the contact person.
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Book Discussion Aids: |
ReadingGroupGuides.com
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Barnes & Noble online reading serve
with
many printable book
discussion guides),
Good
Books Lately, and
Book Group Resources
(Nebraska Library
Commission Electronic Library Page with links to
many great book discussion resources. |
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Find Biographical information about an author: |
To locate information about an
author's life, check out:
Nebraskaccess.com (enter library card
number and password ((phone Library for this
number) and go to "Biographies")
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Find a Good Book to Read: |
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Bestsellers: |
New York Times, Publisher's Weekly,
Amazon.com,
Barnes & Noble |
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Award
Book Lists:
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National Book Awards,
Booker Prize (UK),
Nobel Prize in Literature,
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction |
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Book Review
Sources: |
New York Times
(free
registration required),
New York Review of Books,
Library Journal,
Publisher's Weekly,
Book Magazine,
Foreword Magazine
Book
Browse: A literary smorgasbord of the
best current books recently published in the US
Book Page:
reviews of new fiction and non-fiction, and
genres. Author inerviews.
Mystery Guide: includes 17 subgenres of
mysteries to find reviews and ratings of
hundreds of titles.
Romance Reader: hearts abound on this site
for reviews of romance novels.
Science Fiction
and Fantasy: For all those science
fiction buffs.
Read The
West: Lists and reviews of every
possible type of western.
Hennepin County Library "Reader's Advisory"
Have their own "Read a good book?" section
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a Good Book: |
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New Books: |
Amazon,
Barnes & Noble,
Booksense
(Independent bookseller website network) |
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Used Books: |
Alibris,
Abebooks,
Half.com,
Strand Books |
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