NextReads Updates

May 25, 2007

NextReads Subscribers: The problems with NextReads have been fixed. Thank you for your patience.

May 1, 2007

TO: All NextReads Subscribers

The NextReads team (EBSCO Information Services) has been working on problems that arose from their latest software upgrade. Links to our catalog in each title review have been restored. However, hot-links to subscription databases and free websites, which appear in older, archived newsletters, are no longer available.

Please email hsubbio@delcoreference.org if you have questions or discover continued problems with links to the online catalog. Thank you.

March 23, 2007

We are happy to add two new NextReads to our offerings: Kids' Books and Picture Books. Sign up for these NextReads here. View past issues here.

December 6, 2006

NoveList announced some changes to the NextReads bulletins.

Changes to newsletter names:

• Business and Marketing newsletter renamed Business and Personal Finance
Libraries provide access to a wide variety of business books, but some of the most perennially popular business books are those on the subject of personal finance. While books on marketing will still be included in this newsletter, the NextReads editorial staff believes that the new name offers greater appeal for public library patrons. As this newsletter is also changing from monthly to bimonthly distribution (see below for more detail), its first issue with the new name will go out in April.

• Do-It-Yourself newsletter renamed Home, Garden, and DIY
As the current opt-in page description of the Do-It-Yourself newsletter indicates, this newsletter features books on topics ranging from amateur gardening and cookery to crafts, hobbies, and home repair. We're making this change to better reflect the broad range of nonfiction "how-to" books covered in this newsletter.

• Inspirational Fiction newsletter renamed Christian Fiction
Not only does this new name more accurately communicate the type of books that are featured in this newsletter, it aligns with the specific publishing trend as well as the genre term used in professional review journals.

• Teen Scene newsletter renamed Young Adult Books
Teen Scene included a mix of books for middle schoolers and older teens; the new Young Adult Books newsletter will feature books with content suitable for young adults of high school age and up.

Changes to newsletter frequencies:

NoveList World Headquarters makes use of the reporting capabilities of the NextReads application to track subscriber counts across all newsletters. Based on these data, we are reducing the frequency of some newsletters and increasing the frequency of others.

• Biography and Memoir newsletter changed from bimonthly (every other month) to monthly distribution

• Business and Personal Finance newsletter changed from monthly to bimonthly distribution

• Historical Fiction newsletter changed from bimonthly to monthly distribution

• Christian Fiction changed from monthly to bimonthly distribution

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