what are the techniques used to create interest in a book report?
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A creative opening is the best way to catch interest in any written work. If you catch someone in teh first sentence, you'll have them for the entire report.  AN interesting line from one of teh Characters in teh book or a quote by teh book's author are good ways to go.  You could also try asking a qeustion in the beginning that you answer throughout the report.
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Before I recommend a couple, you need to examine what interests you. Dont write a book report because someone says so or you found great reviews on the internet. You need to ask yourself "What sort of fiction I like?"\n\nAs for fantasy try any book by Terry Pratchett.\nWant something recent how about the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Since most people watched the movie, reading the book and making a possible comparison with the movie could be impressive.\n\nWant to try classic novels. Go with the tried and true Tom Sawyer, any of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, any Agatha Cristie book (if you are into solving crimes).\n\nFeeling academic? Try some literature books. Lord of the Flies, impress the teacher and write about a Shakespeare play..Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice (those ones arent too bad)\n\nMy point is write on what you enjoyed reading or would enjoy reading. Don't let the size of the book discourage you. Trust me, if the book interests you, you won;t put it down until you have read the last word on the very last page.
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look for the key points in each chapter when reviewing
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Pick something your interested in and know about.  Otherwise, you won't care what you are writing about.  Even a non-fiction book needs to have some spark to it.
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Take a book, all three of you read it and compile a book report on it giving each of you, your own outlooks on it. For example if you do a political thriller, one looks at it from the political side, one the military side and one the civilian side. If you do a Science Fiction book, look at it from three different ways with each giving a report on it from a diff rent view point. Come up with ideas no one else in you class would think of. This will impress your teacher.
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Each day, read 14 pages an hour for 10 hour.  Then spend 1 hour writing an outline of the pages you just read.  Repeat for 3 days.  Then summarize the combined outlines and flesh it out into a 5-page report.\n\nOr, you can hang around the internet looking for shortcuts.
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It should be focused on the main ideas of the book.  Include: main points, main characters, turning points, high climax, plot, setting
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Start creatively with a little story or quote from the book.  Quotes work great as attention grabbers because then it seems like the paper is less like reading a paper on the book and more like reading the book itself.  I've never actually read this one so I can't give you any good quotes.  You may also start with a quote by someone famous.  Quotegeek.com has lots of searchable quotes.  Good luck!
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Act interested! In the topic that is! Seek time with them during their office hours and ask them for additional readings. READ them and discuss them with the professor. They love students that are interested and can express an opinion, even if it differs from their own.
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I use a few methods.\nI take notes as I read within the book if I can and then copy into a notebook. I study at night before sleeping.\nI read some things outloud.\nDepending on the subject think of things that relate, study actively. Do a little side research to get a bigger picture.
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As a general rule, you should use a couple of guidelines in selecting the subject of your paper, assuming you have complete freedom to make this choice:\n\n1. Select a subject in which you have genuine personal interest. That way you will both have some enthusiasm for the work you are doing, and you will have the opportunity to gain some new knowledge as you do your research.\n\n2. Find a subject about which there is controversy or disagreement between experts in the area. This allows you to lay out the controversy in your introduction, present the opposing views, and then reach a conclusion at the end, which expresses your personal opinion. This can be especially powerful, if after your research, you have changed a view you once held.\n\nBelow I have listed two good sources for you:  \n\nFirs is the Librarian's Index breaks subjects into categories, which can be helpful in giving you ideas for the topic, if you are stuck at this point. It is very useful for getting at sources of information in the topic area you select.\n\nThe other source is Wikipedia. This is an outstanding source for researching information about your topic\n\nOne final note - Make certain you cite each source of information that you use. This is especially true if you are quoting the statements of some other person. This establishes that  (a) you are giving credit to the person who you are quoting; (b) you are separating your thinking from those of others, and not simply plagiarizing (copying or stealing) the work of others, and; (c) you are demonstrating that you know how to prepare the format for a research paper , which will be essential when you go on to college.
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Contact publishers!\n\nAuthor/agent submission Publishers spend a significant proportion of their time buying or commissioning content. The door is open for authors to submit material for consideration. The majority of unsolicited submissions come from previously unpublished authors. Such manuscripts must go through the slush pile, in which acquisitions editors sift through to identify manuscripts of sufficient quality or revenue potential to be referred to the editorial staff. Authors who are represented by a literary agent are more likely to succeed with major publishers. Publishers thrive only when they are able to produce and sell books that match the needs of the target readers. \nOnce a work is accepted, the commissioning editors negotiate the purchase of intellectual property rights and agree on royalty rates. \n\nHaving agreed on the scope of the publication and the formats, the parties must then agree royalty rates, i.e. the percentage of the gross retail price that will be paid to the author. This is a difficult risk management exercise because the publisher must estimate the potential sales in each market and balance projected revenue against production costs. \nOnce the immediate commercial decisions are taken and the technical legal issues resolved, the author may be asked to improve the quality of the work through rewrite(s) or the in-house staff will edit the work. Almost all publishers operate a house style, and staff will copy edit to ensure that the work matches the style and grammatical requirements of each market. \nWhen a final text is agreed, the next phases are design. This may include artwork being commissioned or confirmation of layout. This process prepares the work for printing through processes such as typesetting, dust jacket composition, specification of paper quality, binding method and casing, and proofreading. The activities of typesetting, page layout, the production of negatives, plates from the negatives and, for hardbacks, the preparation of brasses for the spine legend and imprint are now all computerised. \n\nSimply, you must contact publishers to get your books published!
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Start by writing reviews to everything you see. Then begin submitting sample reviews to local papers or small websites. If you have a keen insight, a professional approach, and exhibit evidence of research, newspapers will arrange for you to be added to the lists for press screenings. Once you have some of your reviews published, submit those as samples to bigger papers which actually pay you.\n\nIt is very important that you have a voice and an approach which goes beyond the common word of mouth impression. The biggest key is to be able to include insight and references which make the review interesting and thoughtful, not to mention fun to read.\n\nGood Luck
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anytime you read something to learn\n1) skim entire section\n2) read section\n3) summarize topics after reading
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Reading--in spare time--or for a book report--as long as the book or topic was MY CHOICE! Writing, spelling, vocabulary, English...that kinda thing! :o)\n\nOh yah!!! And, can't forget American Sign Language and Psychology!!! :-D
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To expose you to different types of writing, new author, or subject matter.  Instead of letting the book be boring, why not change your attitude to at least see the point of the author.
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Ok i've done this before and this book is brilliant \n\nAdvertising and Promotion: An intergrated marketing communications perspective by George E. Belch and Michael A. Belch. There's too much info 4 me 2 type it up here plus i cant put in the diagrams i have the 6th international edition