The Buzz

Publishers know that 'buzz' can create a best seller.


The talk a little song came to me as I was thinking about 'buzz'. We do chitter-chatter about literature. Have you read 'The Hunger Games' trilogy? Because of questions on LM_NET about its appropriateness for middle school libraries, I borrowed the books from a co-worker. I'd heard about the trilogy from various avid adult readers but hadn't been bitten by the 'buzz' to seek out the books for myself.

Where does one go to confirm the 'buzz' about a book? A Google search using 'Reviews : Hunger Games' pulls up a plethora of reviews, some from periodicals, some from blogs and some from book sellers.

Other sources for print reviews are in GALILEO. A general database, Academic Search Complete by EBSCO has a Book Reviews limiter on the Advanced Search page under the Document Type drop down box.

The reviews in Academic Search Complete include academic resources like Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. These give a scholarly approach to the review of a book. They are an interesting contrast to the reviews from the commercial press.

When you hear the 'buzz' about a book, check out the reviews both commercial and academic!

-kss

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