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Book Recommendation Services
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by Paula J. Hane
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My family and friends have long been valued sources of recommendations for that next good read. We eagerly trade paperbacks, and we don't get bent out of shape if our preferences don't always match someone's recommendations. Amazon's recommendations have proven helpful to me over the years (Customers who bought this also …), and sometimes it highlights items I might not have thought of checking. But with the increased interest in ebooks and the phenomenal sales of e-readers, it's worth knowing about some other very helpful sources for book recommendations. There's a growing number of them popping up, and I was quite surprised to find so many when I started digging. Each has its own special strengths, so you might want to check out several.
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Library Copyright Alliance Releases Statement on Copyright Reform
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The Library Copyright Alliance (LCA), comprising the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), released a statement describing the key features that copyright reform proposals should include in order to constitute significant improvement over current law for libraries and their patrons.
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Elsevier Launches Apps for Library Idea Challenge
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Elsevier announced the launch of the SciVerse Applications External link Apps for Library Idea Challenge. The international competition encourages librarians and information professionals to conceptualize solutions to the challenges that they and their constituents face in addressing the search and discovery of information.
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Gale Partners With TheGreenInterview.com to Enhance GREENR Content
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Gale, part of Cengage Learning, and TheGreenInterview.com, a Canadian subscription website offering information on environmental subjects, announced an agreement to enhance the content of GREENR, Gale's electronic resource offering authoritative reference content in the areas of sustainable development, the environment, energy, and natural resources. TheGreenInterview.com will providie Gale with video interviews covering a range of issues connected to our planet, humans on Earth, damage to our ecosystem, alternative development ideas, sustainability, and more.
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New Outsell Research: '2011 Smartpen Landscape Report'
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by Paula J. Hane
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Keeping up with business and consumer electronics developments can be a sizable task of late. Smartphones, tablets, ebook readers, and all manner of new content consumption devices are demanding our attention. Now, there is another trend to watch: the growing market opportunity for "smartpens," which, rather than enabling content consumption, will facilitate new methods of content input. According to Outsell, Inc.'s new market research report, "2011 Smartpen Landscape Report," we can expect to hear much more about smartpens in the future.
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