Assignment 1: Done. Useful recommendations. Not exactly a flowchart, though.
Assignment 2: PW's article on "New Adult" as a sub-genre: Obviously this is all about how to market a product, and for publishers, if the marketing is successful, an aid to deciding what product to commission. At what point will the content of New Adult fiction be what is wanted by middle-aged adults, which will force publishers to classify the product that attracts the Baby Boomer reader as....Old Adult? Senior Fiction? Geezer Grabbers?
"Who is Buying Teen Books?": The key point: Adult readers are looking for fast-moving, absorbing, low stress reading. Teen reads fit the bill.
Assignment 3: John Green's Tumblr looks like a pretty typical tumblr: posts and reblogs of things he finds personally interesting. I get no sense of his literary output from the posts, and I would guess fans of his work follow it to get that personal connection with the author, like becoming his facebook friend.
Squeetus Blog is clearly a promotional tool: in depth discussion of Hale's work, upcoming events and author appearances, a summer book club. An avid fan would find a lot of interest here.
Assignment 4: Paranormal, Steampunk, Vampires, Dystopian stories continue to be all the rage.
I commented on the blogs of Rose F. and Nancy C.
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