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The Batesville Memorial Public Library is
pleased to introduce Next Good Book, designed to
help you decide what to read next and keep track of your favorite
reads.
Next Good Book is available from the
library's web site at
ebatesville.com/library. Just click on the
Next Good Book link and you can:
- Discuss books with other people. Find a
favorite book or look up one you're reading right now and see what
other people think of the book. Leave your own comments, a few
sentences to help the next reader decide if a book is a good match
for them. Over six million books to choose from.
Over
six
million books
to choose from.
- Build online bookshelves. Keep track of
what you're reading with virtual bookshelves. You can create
shelves for books you've read, books you plan to read, even books
you didn't finish. If you have a hobby or an area of expertise,
you can create a special interest bookshelf and share it with
other readers.
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Share
your favorite books. Your virtual bookshelves can be
private or public. If they're public, other readers
can
view them and grab books off one of your
shelves and add it to one of their
own.
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See who's reading a
book. Curious to see if someone else is reading your
favorite book? Just click on the "Who's Reading" link to find
out. Then see what else they're reading. You might discover a good
book.
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Book discovery
tools. Click on the "Suggest" link and we'll try to show
you books similar to the one you're looking at. Click on the
"Author" link and we'll show you other books by that author. Or
browse subject categories, award winning books, and the books
featured in our Online Book Clubs.
All of these reader services are available for
free to
our registered borrowers.
 
Season's Greetings from your
friends at the BMPL!
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The library is
open:
Monday - Thursday: 9:00 - 9:00
Friday: 9:00 -
5:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 5:00
Sunday (Oct.-Apr.) 1:00 - 5:00 |
Saturday, November
8:
The Troubadours of Divine
Bliss, a guitar, an accordion, and two
well-blended voices, will entertain at the library starting at 7
:00 pm.
Friday, December
12: Detroit's Divas of the Blues, featuring
Alberta Adams and Cee Cee Collins with RJ's Rhythm Rockers.
Blues at its best! Starting at 7:00 PM
Check the After Hours
Concert Series Web page
:
ebatesville.com/library/after.html
We have
selected Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, To Kill a
Mockingbird
, as our next One Book One Community read. The event
will run from January through February, 2009. Check out a copy at
the library or get one of your
own at The Bookshelf on Walnut Street in
Batesville.
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