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From: Steward, Celeste <csteward_at_aclibrary.org>
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 07:25:58 -0700
Hi, Megan--
Very interesting piece on New Adult culture. I just sent it to my 19-year old who is away at college and living in an apartment for the first time this year.
Girls is one of her favorite shows as it definitely captures that awkward period between the societal cut-off for adulthood and the truer psychological threshold. Not everyone is ready for the world at 18, that's for sure.
My first thought as a librarian is, how to attract the New Adult audience to the library and to reading?
Celeste Steward, Librarian IV Collection Development Alameda County Library Fremont, CA
________________________________ From: Megan Schliesman [schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 6:57 AM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject: [ccbc-net] From Young Adult to New Adult
It's time to begin our discussion for the first part of October;
From Young Adult to New Adult: The Past, Present and Future of Publishing for Older Youth. There was no such thing as YA publishing fifty years ago. Today, it's not only a huge part of the children's publishing industry, but it’s represented by myraid genres and formats. Fiction includes everything from chick lit to thrillers to fantasy (of all types) and science fiction, not to mention historical fiction and contemporary realism (remember that?). There is innovative non-fiction, poetry written or anthologized for teens, and graphic novels that can be any of the above, or something else entirely. There are literary masterpieces, some of which defy categorization, and fun, frothy offerings that don't try to be anything other than that. Where has YA been? Where is it now? Where is it going? Will "New Adult" publishing, aimed at readers 18 to 26, have any impact on publishing for those who are 12 to 18?
If you aren't familiar with "New Adult" publishing, here's a blog that deals with New Adult fiction, and offers some handy definitions:
http://www.naalley.com/p/about.html
And here's an article about redefining adolescence that might have some merit to our discussion:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24173194
So as you think about publishing for young adults, what are your thoughts about past, present, and future? (Any of these, or all of these :)
Megan
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 07:25:58 -0700
Hi, Megan--
Very interesting piece on New Adult culture. I just sent it to my 19-year old who is away at college and living in an apartment for the first time this year.
Girls is one of her favorite shows as it definitely captures that awkward period between the societal cut-off for adulthood and the truer psychological threshold. Not everyone is ready for the world at 18, that's for sure.
My first thought as a librarian is, how to attract the New Adult audience to the library and to reading?
Celeste Steward, Librarian IV Collection Development Alameda County Library Fremont, CA
________________________________ From: Megan Schliesman [schliesman_at_education.wisc.edu] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 6:57 AM To: ccbc-net, Subscribers of Subject: [ccbc-net] From Young Adult to New Adult
It's time to begin our discussion for the first part of October;
From Young Adult to New Adult: The Past, Present and Future of Publishing for Older Youth. There was no such thing as YA publishing fifty years ago. Today, it's not only a huge part of the children's publishing industry, but it’s represented by myraid genres and formats. Fiction includes everything from chick lit to thrillers to fantasy (of all types) and science fiction, not to mention historical fiction and contemporary realism (remember that?). There is innovative non-fiction, poetry written or anthologized for teens, and graphic novels that can be any of the above, or something else entirely. There are literary masterpieces, some of which defy categorization, and fun, frothy offerings that don't try to be anything other than that. Where has YA been? Where is it now? Where is it going? Will "New Adult" publishing, aimed at readers 18 to 26, have any impact on publishing for those who are 12 to 18?
If you aren't familiar with "New Adult" publishing, here's a blog that deals with New Adult fiction, and offers some handy definitions:
http://www.naalley.com/p/about.html
And here's an article about redefining adolescence that might have some merit to our discussion:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24173194
So as you think about publishing for young adults, what are your thoughts about past, present, and future? (Any of these, or all of these :)
Megan
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