Easy Reader Non-Fic. It includes advice on writing techniques and finding a publisher for novels, short stories, poetry, and greeting card verses, among others. Also included are style manuals and handbooks on English composition and books on preparing and delivering speeches and toasts. They may also consist of surveys of one or more national or regional literatures, or studies of individual authors and individual works.
Emphasis is on British and American literature.
Basic and representative core works of the literature and culture of many other nations are present in translation to support a basic level of school and public library inquiries. Influencing Factors Required reading in local high schools centers on major British and American authors and the collection reflects this emphasis. School literary assignments and the recreational and continuing education needs of the public library community necessitate a literature collection responsive to demand. Selection Plan Standard selection journals are consulted to maintain the literature collection, along with publishers' catalogs, such as those of Writers Digest Books, Chelsea House, Samuel French, Baker, and those of university presses. Concentrated purchasing is done in the area of style manuals, books on letter and speech writing, and publication of all styles of writing.