Fusenews: Reader’s Advisory – Not Just for Librarians Anymore

Courtesy of Travis Jonker

In my current job I’ve become somewhat fascinated with what could easily be considered the key tool in a librarian’s toolbelt: Reader’s Advisory. Patron asks you to recommend a book based on a set of preferences and you knock it out of the park. That’s our job and we do it well. Booksellers do it too, don’t get me wrong, but we have the advantage of an extensive backlist of out-of-print titles at our fingertips. It’s taken a little while, but recently I noticed tha...