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RR 2015/302
Whichbook
Opening the Book
Pontefract
URL: www.openingthebook.com/whichbook
Last visited July 2015
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Keywords Books, Fiction, Guides and handbooks
Review DOI 10.1108/RR-07-2015-0174
Developed by Opening the Book, a leader in reader-centred library development on the physical and digital fronts, Whichbook is an exciting tool to promote within - and without of - any library.
Despite having the world at our fingertips, familiarity still reigns supreme in society. From Google to Amazon, popular searching isn't based on going the extra mile for users. Whichbook, however, does. With a wide range of fiction and poetry books from the past 10 years professionally assembled by libraries and literature organizations, Whichbook is an easy and enjoyable way to break out of the comfort zone. It specifically avoids bestsellers as much as possible to support the exploration of ideas rather than brands, and its possibilities are wonderful in its mere hint of what search engines can be when librarians are involved.
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