http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/06/23/simple-book-suggester-bookseercom/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Mon, 20 May 2013 23:17:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/06/23/simple-book-suggester-bookseercom/#comment-1066 Lauren F. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:39:30 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=700#comment-1066 It seems that the system can’t handle apostrophes–I put in a title that I had just got as a recommendation, and got no response, but when I tried again w/o the apostrophe it worked fine. If that’s true, they should put it on the main page so you know before you search.

]]> http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/06/23/simple-book-suggester-bookseercom/#comment-1065 Jeff Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:37:22 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=700#comment-1065 I really liked the service, but it is based in the UK. I liked the concept of offering bookstores AND libraries where you can get the book, but they are in the UK. Plus the librarything and amazon seemed to be a bit buggy. Great concept though.

]]> http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2009/06/23/simple-book-suggester-bookseercom/#comment-1064 Winnie Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:40:19 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=700#comment-1064 Um, when I enter Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen it gives me zombie books.

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