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Week Five Prompts

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    E-book only books, which are increasingly popular (especially in the romance genre) see little to no reviews in professional publications unless they have a big name author, and then still it’s usually only RT Reviews or other genre heavy publications. How does this affect collection development?   Look over the reviews- do you feel they are both reliable? How likely would you be to buy this book for your library?    How do these reviews make you feel about the possibility of adding Angela’s Ashes to your collection? Do you think it’s fair that one type of book is reviewed to death and other types of books get little to no coverage? How does this affect a library’s collection? And how do you feel about review sources that won’t print negative content? Do you think that’s appropriate? If you buy for your library, how often do you use reviews