kparrott [3:26 PM] Hi everyone, welcome to the chat! We’ll officially begin in a few minutes. In the meantime, feel free to introduce yourself and say where you’re chatting from. I’m Kiera, reviews director of SLJ/LJ and I’m here in our offices in lower Manhattan. knappm [3:26 PM] Maggie Knapp, from Fort Worth, TX hollyanneboyer […]
SLJ Reviewer Chat Transcript from August 2016: Reviewing Basics
sdiaz101 [3:58 PM] Hello everyone! welcome to our first reviewer chat in MONTHs! gopetrie14 [3:59 PM] Thanks! Excited to get started! sdiaz101 [3:59 PM] we still have a few minutes, but as you enter the chat start by introducing yourself and sharing what types of books you review for us brendak [3:59 PM] joined #slj-reviewer-chat […]
Inclusive Language (from the SLJ Style Guide)
Part of an editor’s job is to examine text and make sure that terms and phrases used not only conform to our publication’s style guide (things like whether we use an Oxford comma or not–we do!), but whether the language and terms used are in line with our mission to serve a diverse readership. With that […]
SLJ Reviewer Chat Transcript April 27th: Gaffe vs. Fatal Flaw
On April 27th, SLJ reviews editors and reviewers discussed how to identify whether a book/review material has a small error that doesn’t make or break it or if there’s something in the title that would keep it from getting a “Recommended” review. Here’s the transcript of that conversation. sdiaz101 3:23 PM “see” you all in […]
The Deal with VERDICTs: SLJ Reviewer Chat Transcript, March 30, 2016
Below is the transcript to our last SLJ Reviewer Chat, which focused on fine-tuning review verdicts, and was held on March 30 via a new platform. To access a cleaner, and prettier version, feel free to log in to your Slack account and check out the SLJ Reviewer Chat channel. Plus, check out a recent […]