tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466230969550349463.post6985039852068731587..comments2023-09-02T04:44:43.866-07:00Comments on Libraryland Roundup: Genre TalkBooktenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08581024123612138033noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466230969550349463.post-77287407423864739872010-10-04T08:44:59.394-07:002010-10-04T08:44:59.394-07:00I think you definitely have a point! My father wa...I think you definitely have a point! My father was a heavy consumer of all kinds of westerns. <br /><br />In my library system, in AZ, we have some branches where they go out heavily and some very little at all. Curiously, a librarian near the Navajo reservation told me that she can not keep them on the shelves! <br /><br />I believe you are spot-on about the young-adult interest. I am seeing a slow building of interest from male teens in the area.<br /><br />Although everyone is allowed to check out materials from anyplace in the building, we also have a special teen center. Now that you mention it, I'll be curious to check with that team to see if they carry westerns in any way.<br /><br />Another problem we have is promotion. Westerns are near the back of the fiction section. Not good promotion. I haven't even noticed where they are in bookstores.<br /><br />Then we have the problem in libraries of how they are cataloged. Some perfectly western westerns are cataloged as fiction. Always a dilemma in libraries.<br /><br />I wonder if publishers pushed westerns more toward the young adult market if we would see a rise in interest and publication? Perhaps we can drive out vampires!<br /><br />Thank you for your comments. You have given me some good ideas!Booktenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08581024123612138033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466230969550349463.post-5048934571517762942010-10-03T18:15:36.317-07:002010-10-03T18:15:36.317-07:00I've seen a sharp rise in interest for the so ...I've seen a sharp rise in interest for the so called Western story in the past few years.<br />I started my grand son on some of the old "B" movie westerns a few years ago and now he has some of his freinds (late teens) hooked on them as well.<br />True, most of those who buy my stories are the "traditional" readers of westerns but I have a great many younger readers as well. Perhaps 30%<br /><br />I think the biggest reason for the apparent decline in westerns is the lack of available new material. Many of the great ones ... L'Amour, Kelton ... they're not with us anymore.<br />Dave<br />www.dmmcgowan.blogspot.comD.M. McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05008773391981989236noreply@blogger.com