“Hey, Buddy! Want to Read A Good Book?” Cengage Gale’s Books & Authors
by Barbara Quint
A great read about the service.

Despite the rise of recommendation engines on every online bookstore site, readers’ advisory services still persist as a basic function of public library reference operations. Since 1991, Gale (http://gale.cengage.com) has published its What Do I Read Next? series in print; since 1997, it has offered a web-based subscription service of the same name. Now, under the management of a new owner, Cengage Learning (www.cengage.com), Gale has replaced the former online service with the launch of a major revision called Books & Authors. The service distinguishes itself from competitors primarily with its integration of author information from other Gale reference publications. An open web version of the service (http://booksandauthors.wiseto.com) offers curtailed content to anyone and links to libraries that offer the full service.

Source: Infotoday NewsBreaks

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