Someone explain what this person means in this article: http://indexmb.com/oprah-for-teenage-readers-where-are-you/
Because I don't really get it. What on earth would you put on a show like that? What would you do? What does Oprah do for her book club that someone is supposed to imitate? I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
And don't some people (like, I don't know, ME. Sometimes) kind of do that "teen recommending on youtube thing" already? Just not on one channel in every video?
*needs explanation*
Also, what is SpineBreakers?
Thanks to the fabulous Tenners for the link.
Well, Oprah's kind of this crazyfamous household name, and she really does boost sales all by herself. When she joined Twitter, the number of people who used Twitter jumped by a good several dozen percent, I want to say. And whenever she picks a book for her book club, that book almost automatically becomes number one on all sales lists.
ReplyDeleteWhat I think the blogger is trying to say is that, why can't we have someone--some ONE individual--with as much power and influence as Oprah be a champion for YA lit? One person to go, oh hey, this is my pick for the month, and then everyone will buy it because they respect that person so much. Book blogs are great and maybe that blogger doesn't understand that THIS is the medium we use to sell YA lit now, but I can also see why having someone like a TV personality supporting YA lit would be a fantastic thing. Now if only we can get Conan O'Brien on board...
that is the craziest thing ever.... S&S didn't just launch Pulse-it they relaunched it. what is up with that... are you going to leave a comment..? maybe I should leave one.
ReplyDeleteYeah, there’s a bunch of stuff in the article that doesn’t make sense, but I thought the idea of a channel dedicated to YA books was interesting. Imo it would work better with multiple contributors, rather than an Oprah-type host (for a lot of the reasons Story Siren, Kristi mentions in her comments to the article). There are a lot of video book reviews on YouTube, some – like yours - with their own channels, others scattered around, but unless you’ve linked to the video from elsewhere they’re kind of hard to find. A group effort might make them more visible.
ReplyDeleteThe part of the Oprah comparison that I DO like is the idea of bringing books to what might be a more non-reading audience. Personally, I prefer reading a book blog to watching a video review, but I’m a reader. A really visible video channel could interest people who generally aren’t. The teenfaze.com site attempts it, talking about books among a bunch of other topics like Oprah does, but it doesn’t work for me because their “reviews” aren’t critiques. I LIKE to hear what you guys think.
Anyway, sorry to be so long-winded…I get kind of carried away with new ideas sometimes!
And a big thanks for the WoW pick, Khy…Tenners love you too :)
The thing about Oprah is she gets non-readers reading. There are women, bless their sheep-like souls, who will ONLY read a book on Oprah's list.
ReplyDeleteThe youtube channels the YA bloggers already have are great, and I've seen some really creative videos, but there is nothing out there that reaches an audience like Oprah. Something would have to go viral--like boy with his light saber viral--to pull those non-readers in.
Twilight makes me believe it's possible. I just have no clue how it could be organized. Like Jen said, maybe all the channels combined to a sort of network?