Web Tools: "5 Websites That Alert Book Lovers About New Book Releases"
The five alert services (all free) discussed are:
2. Book Buzz
5. Wowbrary
A service many of you are probably familiar with. Wowbrary alerts users to new books at numerous public libraries around the U.S.
Like many services on the WWW, the four mentioned in the MakeUseOf article are all (with the exception of Wowbrary) variations on a theme. Since the price is right (free), sampling all of them is easy to find the one(s) that might work best for your info need.
Read the Complete MakeUseOf.com Article: “5 Websites That Alert Book Lovers About New Book Releases”
Filed under: Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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