From: Tom Hurlburt <tsh>
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 09:22:39 -0600

Ginny Moore Kruse wrote: l Midwest experienced an "old?shioned" blizzard containing many many inches of blowing, fluffy snow during those days. ys. When I finally began writing these announcements we had some difficulty with our e-mail and I lost the message. Courage... rosse Public Library in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.

Good Day,

In regard to Ginny'd question about knowing immediately if a new sports book will be popular, the answer is usually no. An exception being the
"instant" biographies that appear after major sporting events, such as those that have been written about Tara Lipinski and Dominique Moceanu and her fellow American gymnasts after their Olympic performances. Another sure bet is those that have local appeal. Here on the Wisconsin/Minnesota border the recent Brett Favre biographies, and, during his playing career, the titles written about Kirby Puckett were sure to fly off the shelves.

One problem about sports biographies written about athletes who are still competing is that they become dated almost immediately. Kids want to know what happened yesterday or last week rather than last year. I agree with Marc that sports minded boys are reading sports magazines, SI For Kids is very popular in our children's collection, for the reasons he stated plus the immediacy of the information they provide.

Tom Hurlburt
Received on Thu 07 Jan 1999 09:22:39 AM CST