tracy grand ceo, jacketflap.com children’s and young adult literature in a web 2.0 world october...
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Tracy GrandCEO, JacketFlap.com
Children’s and Young Adult Literature in a Web 2.0 World
October 26, 2010
Is Amazing!but… information is spread across many places (e.g. Author websites, Amazon, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Publisher websites, Booktour, Flickr, Blogs, etc.)
Search for an author on Google and you find a gazillion websites
Finding information takes too long JacketFlap wants to make it easy JacketFlap’s goal is to centralize everything having
to do with children’s literature Every book, author & publisher has a page on
JacketFlap Think of JacketFlap as the Google of children’s
literature Aggregates content Full of links to the sources
Web 2.0
Focused on Books for Children and Young Adults
Searchable database of > 1,000,000 Books
Biographies on > 200,000 Authors, Illustrators and other Creators
Catalogues of > 20,000 Book Publishers
2,000,000 Book Reviews > 2,000 Children’s Book Blogs Book Trailers, Author / Illustrator
Tour Dates, and Contact information
Social Networking Community
Resources
Easily browse & search books by: Reading level Title Author, Illustrator, other
creators Subject
See aggregated reviews Read First Chapter Free
Books
Book Search: ExampleBooks about Baseball, Ages 4 -8
Book Search: Options
Book DetailDescription, Combined Rating, Links,
Publisher
Book DetailBlog Posts, Free First Chapter, Author Info
Book DetailSubjects, Awards, Professional Reviews,
Videos
Aggregated Reviews: Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Goodreads
Book Videos
Book Video Page
Easily browse & search people Find local authors,
illustrators By Geography
Search by Titles See authors on tour in your
area
People
Published PeopleSearch for People Near Fontana, CA
JacketFlap Profile PageBiography, Links, Tweets, Social Networks,
JacketFlap Profile PageBlog, Picture Gallery
JacketFlap Profile PagePublished Works, Events, Friends
JacketFlap Profile PageVideos, Profile Comments
JacketFlap CommunityPeople Online
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JacketFlap CommunitySearch for Librarians Near Fontana, CA
Books by Members> 6,000 Authors, 176 books published in last
30 days
Books by MembersFind Books by Local Authors
JacketFlap Blog Reader42,863 Posts in Librarian Blogs Alone!
That’s a quick peek at JacketFlap
Thank you!
I’d love your feedback!
Tracy [email protected]
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