As I was helping one of our libraries set up their first KLOW site, I pulled together a short list of free Readers’ Advisory sites that I thought would help lessen the impact of losing NoveList.
These were added using “Links > Add New.” Â I also created a Link Category of “Readers” and assigned all of these Reader-related links to that Category.
This gave me more choices for how to display the links in a sidebar using the Links Widget, set to only display this category of links.
Readers
- Amazon – Great reviews, information about authors, and a source for hard-to-find ISBNs!
- Barnes and Noble – Again, they have reviews and other ‘crowd sourcing’ elements that may help your patron find that next great read.
- Fantastic Fiction – Out of the UK, this site provides bibliographies for over 30,000 authors and information on over 350,000 books.
- Goodreads – Book lists, book recommendations AND a patron can use this site to keep track of what they’ve read or want to read.
- What’s Next? – Courtesy of the Kent District Library, if you need to know What’s Next in a Series – this is the site to use.