From: Meghan McCarthy <meghanmccarthy007>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 10:45:53 -0800 (PST)

>From my bookselling experience, kids don't readily
flock to the nonfiction books... especially the teen stuff. This is partially because kids would rather be reading something else... because a lot of teens go to the adult section... and also because a lot of the big chains don't have a good place to shelve/display them so the books get buried. B&N has now added its own nonfiction PB section, which I think is a good start.

On the topic of trim size--of course teens aren't going to want to read something in the shape of a PB... BUT a book like Partridge's John Lennon was quite popular as an adult coffee table sort of book when it first came out--in fact, it sold best while sitting on the adult music table at the bookstore I work at.

I'm thinking now of trying out a graphic novel style nonfiction for teens. I have no idea if it'll work or even sell but I might give it a go.

meghan


 It's very difficult to find non-fiction,
> especially that is
> not biography or memoir, that engages teen readers.

> On a related issue, a colleague has noticed that the
> large trim size
> of a number of non-fiction titles often leads them
> to be shelved in
> Children's Rooms, where Teens are reluctant to pick
> them up and read
> them because they look too much like picture books.



 
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