FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
[Library Name] is pleased to announce a beneficial new electronic resource for its patrons -- PatronBooksInPrint.com™.
Through a subscription to Bowker's BooksInPrint.com™, patrons can now access -- on library terminals or remotely from their home computers -- PatronBooksInPrint.com, the most authoritative database of information on books, audio books, videos, and e-books. With over 5-million titles at your fingertips, PatronBooksInPrint.com offers you unique features and enhancements to help you find exactly what you are looking for.
Easy-to-use search options offer more targeted results and help patrons find any title with minimal information. Additionally, professional book reviews are provided to help choose the best titles. Exclusive features include a "Children’s Room," a "Fiction Room," and "What Year Were You Born?" which allows patrons to search over 100 years of bestsellers. Patrons can browse the winners and nominees of over 400 book industry awards (from Pulitzer to Caldecott), titles by their favorite author (Steven King to J.D. Salinger) or fiction titles in a favorite series or featuring a favorite character (Hardy Boys to Harry Potter). Or, a user can browse by fictional or children’s genre -- Fantasy to Romance, Suspense and Short Stories, Movie and Television tie-ins -- just to name a few!
Personalized services include BIP Alert, a tool that allows you to save your search criteria and receive alerts via e-mail when new titles are released that match your saved search! Patrons can search PatronBooksInPrint.com and save their results in a personalized reading list which can then be edited, e-mailed, or printed. What's more, PatronBooksInPrint.com links to the Library's catalog system, letting you know whether a title is currently available or has been checked out by another patron.
Founded in 1872, R.R. Bowker is North America’s leading provider of bibliographic information, and is also the official agency for assigning ISBNs in the United States. BooksInPrint.com™ is the electronic version of the company’s flagship product, Books In Print®. For more information, visit www.BowkerSupport.com/info or ask a librarian!
