|
Pre-made monthly email newsletters... Every month we provide 21 newsletters, each
with 4 featured books and 6 alternative selections, for a total of 10 books directly
linked to your catalog. The pre-made newsletters are ready to go,
but you can easily change the titles featured or add your
own titles, reviews, events, and more. Patrons can view these
newsletters on your website, printed, received through email, or RSS
feeds.

Click to view sample
newsletter
Create custom newsletters... All the tools you need to quickly
customize the ready-made content or create your own content,
including page designs, templates, and graphics.
Easily convert your printed
newsletters... You can easily convert
your multi-page printed newsletters to web pages and email
them to patrons. Past issues are automatically
archived.

Video book trailers and
podcasts... Watch a trailer for a book, just like
you would for a movie. You can now access book trailers and podcasts
through the BookNews product. The trailers may be animation, flash
videos, full production trailers, author interviews, and more.
Includes jacket notes and features full motion video book previews.
It's also a great way to get teens interested in new books.
DVD
database... BookNews now offers over 92,000 DVDs
at the click of your mouse. You can now enter UPC codes and generate
DVD content, including cover art, director, release dates, actors
and more. DVDs can be inserted in any part of the BookNews service.
We have children's, Spanish, educational DVDs and
more!
|
|
Author database... Patrons are able
to access information for thousands of authors. We add hundreds of
new authors a month. Patrons can search the database to find author
information for any of the books we feature and thousands
more.
Award
lists... Over 50 award lists updated weekly by
our staff, including book jackets, descriptions and reviews. Each
book is linked directly to your library’s catalog.
Custom
template design and Skins... We are able to
integrate the BookNews pages into your existing web site. We also
offer a variety of template designs that allow you to create unique
pages with a click of your mouse.
Unique
multi-page email newsletters... Use these for
content that doesn’t fit on one page or content that you want to
automatically archive.
Web page
creator... Allows your library to seamlessly
integrate any of our content directly to your website. Our
system will dynamically build pages to match your pre-existing
website or provide you with HTML code.
RSS
feeds... We now offer RSS feeds for all your
monthly newsletters.
Database of 6
million books... The database includes book
jackets, descriptions, reviews and the books are automatically
linked to your catalog. In addition, you can access over 92,000
DVD's.
Multi-media info guides...
This exclusive
feature lets you easily convert your
existing pathfinders or information pages into narrated web tours,
annotated with comments, book selections, photographs, movies, and graphs.
This website was created using a pathfinder.
Unique multi-page email newsletters...
Use these
for content that doesn’t fit on one page or content that you want to
automatically archive.
Powerful list management software... We send out over 300,000 emails to subscribers each
day, so we've become experts on email. That's important because
delivery problems do occur and we know how to take care of the
them.
Unlimited
training and support... Our support staff will walk your staff
through every aspect of the program and provide unlimited support
and training. |