Reflection 6

Genre Labels

I defiantly think that they genre labels are helpful when the cover of the book doesn’t give much information on the book, especially when you know you’re trying to find a certain genre of book. When I look through books that’s usually one of the first things I look at because I know what I like to read and those labels clearly identify what the book is going to be like. I don’t they’re necessary because if you read the back of the book you can usually tell what kind of book it is. I think that in some ways they help generate readers because most people know what genres they like and will pick up books based on the genre labels instead of taking a lot of time to look at every book cover and read the back of every book to decide if they might like it. I also think that they repel a lot of readers who might otherwise like a book because as people are browsing through the racks if they just look at the labels and don’t read the back of the book they don’t really know what the book is about and might miss out on something they would really enjoy.