You might be aware that Amazon no longer has Kirkus Reviews on their
site (at least the recent reviews). Quoting entire book reviews
online is a copyright violation UNLESS one has made arrangements to
do so. Thus, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc. pay the reviewing
sources to republish their reviews on line. Evidently Amazon thought
the cost was too much to continue their contract with Kirkus so
reviews from that source is no longer included in the offerings from
Amazon although Barnes and Noble continues to include them on their
site. Neither site has ever (to my knowledge) included reviews from
sources such as Library Media Specialist (old Library Talk/Book
Report) or other valuable but not so major resources.
Most of the reviewing sources have access to their reviews online --
usually for a subscription fee; the advantage to online is that the
reviews are searchable electronically.
Sharron McElmeel
At 10:33 AM -0500 30/9/04, Cindy Rider wrote:
>I'm writing to defend the librarian who mentioned using reviews on
>Amazon.com instead of "standard selection tools." I frequently use
>Amazon as a source of reviews when I need something quickly and can't
>find the title in the BIP database. It never seems to be as up-to-date
>as Amazon! Since Amazon frequently includes reviews from "standard
>selection tools" such as SLJ, Kirkus, and Booklist, I see no problem
>with consulting it.
>
>
>
>>>> "Brisco, Shonda" <briscos@TRINITYVALLEYSCHOOL.ORG> 09/30/04 08:37AM
>>>>
>We each have our selection policies and curriculums that guide us to
>make the choices that we do for the materials in our libraries;
>however,
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McBookwords (a literacy organization)
http://www.mcelmeel.com/
Instructor - University of Wisconsin-Stout
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/childrenslit
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