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Re: From Young Adult to New Adult
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From: K.T. Horning <horning_at_education.wisc.edu>
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 08:44:20 -0500
Marc Aronson has reminded us how much schools have determined the library definition of young adult in the past, even though it doesn't always fit with developmental stages. While schools and libraries have always been an important part of the market for YA lit I'm wondering how much that has changed in recent years? I'm seeing more and more bloggers, for example, who review (and, apparently, read) exclusively YA lit, who have nothing to do with schools or libraries. They don't seem to be reading to review for other professionals or for teens, but for readers like themselves. They even now attend ALA and ABA to acquire Advance Reading Copies so they can be among the first to review the books. But for whom are they reviewing? Do their readers, whoever they are, go out and buy the books? Are they having an impact on the market? And is this what is driving the invention of New Adult?
I first became aware of this phenomenon about five years ago when I attended a big extended family holiday party where a Twilight trivia game was put into play. The enthusiastic players were all young women in their twenties and even thirties. All the teens at the party were either watching football, playing video games, or texting friends who weren't there.
--KT
On 10/4/2013 9:15 AM, bookmarch_at_aol.com wrote:
....Some years ago Michael Cart and I both proposed creating an older YA category of, say, 16-24, and he crafted a series of anthologies aimed at that age group. I think one big problem is that, as your BBC link showed, development is one thing, but, school splits are another....
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 08:44:20 -0500
Marc Aronson has reminded us how much schools have determined the library definition of young adult in the past, even though it doesn't always fit with developmental stages. While schools and libraries have always been an important part of the market for YA lit I'm wondering how much that has changed in recent years? I'm seeing more and more bloggers, for example, who review (and, apparently, read) exclusively YA lit, who have nothing to do with schools or libraries. They don't seem to be reading to review for other professionals or for teens, but for readers like themselves. They even now attend ALA and ABA to acquire Advance Reading Copies so they can be among the first to review the books. But for whom are they reviewing? Do their readers, whoever they are, go out and buy the books? Are they having an impact on the market? And is this what is driving the invention of New Adult?
I first became aware of this phenomenon about five years ago when I attended a big extended family holiday party where a Twilight trivia game was put into play. The enthusiastic players were all young women in their twenties and even thirties. All the teens at the party were either watching football, playing video games, or texting friends who weren't there.
--KT
On 10/4/2013 9:15 AM, bookmarch_at_aol.com wrote:
....Some years ago Michael Cart and I both proposed creating an older YA category of, say, 16-24, and he crafted a series of anthologies aimed at that age group. I think one big problem is that, as your BBC link showed, development is one thing, but, school splits are another....
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