Monday, January 5, 2015

As Seen on Many Newsstands but in Few Libraries in the 1970s



I worked in a prison library during my first year out of University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Library and Information Studies (GSLIS).  Couldn't keep enough of these titles on the shelves, and a local newsstand, which provided a generous discount, kept the library well stocked. 

In retrospect, it's amazing that I was given so much collection development leeway.

As Seen on TV:  Novelizations Sustain Fans and Gain Respect.  (The New York Times, 1/4/2015)

A "ballpark" summation of the so-called men's action-adventure genre.
Some 200 pages of gun battles, fistfights and mayhem follow.

Online headline:  Popular TV Series and Movies Maintain Relevance as Novels

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