1. Jennifer Hubert Swan Westchester Library Association Annual Conference Tarrytown, New York Reaching Reluctant Readers & Book Blogging Basics

2. Who are the Reluctant Readers? Teens who are… Too Tired Too Busy Too Scheduled Too Uninterested Too Involved Online Too_____________ TO READ!

3. Booktalks Gross-outs Multimedia Pairings Playlists Reality TV tie-ins

4. Booktalks: Twitter “Cameron is either losing his mind to mad cows or taking the road trip of a lifetime. Who knows where he’ll end up? Going Bovine by L. Bray” “Both sides want her trust, but Isabel can’t believe anyone in New York during the Revolutionary War. Slave or free? Chains-LHAnderson”

5. Programs & Contests Anything but Reading Book Buddies Book Trailer Workshop Brown Bag Books Stupid/Weird Book Hunt

6. Displays As Good as Games ARC Shelf Don’t Shelve Recommended by …Magazines Roaming Bookmarks

7. Book Blogging Basics “We can argue about characterization on Twitter, receive requests to critique whole novels on Facebook, or write a book blog that receives a wide monthly following. If that doesn’t show the power of young adult literature, I don’t know what does.” –Emma Allison, teenager.

8. Why blog? Personal fulfillment Professional connections Provide mobile reader’s advisory

9. The Basics, A-C Advertising Audience Books, Getting Them Comments Content Cosmetics

10. The Basics, L-P Legalities Organization Promotion

11. The Basics, S-T Software Time Tone

12. Alternatives to Blogging Goodreads Librarything Amazon

13. My Top Ten Book Blogs (all of these are also linked to Reading Rants: www.readingrants.com) Bookends Bookshelves of Doom A Chair, a Fireplace & a Tea Cozy Guys Lit Wire The Hub (YALSA) I’m Here, I’m Queer, What the Hell Do I Read? I.N.K. No Flying, No Tights Reading in Color Shelf Elf

14. Thank you! Jennifer Hubert Swan, book nut Twitter:@ReadingRants jhubert@lrei.org