Thursday, August 30, 2007

Week 8, Thing 19; Web 2.0 list

So much to choose from and so little time. It was cool to see things we have visited, signed up for and worked with and where they were ranked on the current award list.
I went to the book site that was listed as first place--Lulu. I was surprised to see it is a book publishing site as I had assumed ( I know never to do that) it would be some kind of book list. And actually it did have an extensive list of self-published books. This is a fascinating concept that writers can just go on line and publish and sell their own books. As far as usefulness in a library setting, it could be a stretch, but maybe people who can't find exactly what they are looking for in the catalog, might want to see (and hear about) self published books on a subject. You'd have to be sure they realized what the site was about, but it could be of help. It could also be of interest to those patrons who want to get a book published, but haven't been accepted by a publisher. Who knows--

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