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Tuesday, 12 November 2013

The Fussy Librarian

One of the biggest problems for readers and authors is to find each other. A brand new site called The Fussy Librarian aims to help with this. 

 From their home page:

 1. Enter your email address
2. Select what types of books you read
3. Indicate your preferences on profanity, sex and  violence
4. Get daily emails & enjoy great books
5. There is no step five*

 This recommendation service has been going a month, and can only get better as the choices are refined and users give feedback. (I think people's definitions of mild profanity and non-explicit scenes of sex can vary wildly, and examples would help.)  Jeffrey Bruner says they plan to keep adding categories - there are currently thirty - and content options.

 I think this could be good - I've joined, and you can too, here.

 * I want a step five!

Posted by Lexi at Tuesday, November 12, 2013

11 comments:

  1. fairyhedgehog12 November 2013 at 12:55

    I have to give this a try!

    Not that I need encouraging to buy any more books!

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  2. JO12 November 2013 at 15:43

    I've given it a try - looks like a great idea!

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  3. Lexi12 November 2013 at 16:45

    Does anyone else think that fussy librarian looks as if she might fling off her glasses, let down her hair and toss the books in the air at any moment?

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  4. M T McGuire13 November 2013 at 22:15

    I think this looks good, too. I picked them up on Twitter a while back and they have even promoted my book. Lovely people! I've signed up as a reader, too, and you're right they do send interesting stuff.

    Cheers

    MTM

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  5. Quantum17 November 2013 at 09:07

    Great idea. I hope it evolves to match all of my fictional needs.

    Does anyone else think that fussy librarian looks as if she might fling off her glasses, let down her hair and toss the books in the air at any moment?

    Looks to me as though she has had an improper suggestion from a reader. Curious how the mind interprets images! :)

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  6. Lexi17 November 2013 at 10:45

    You've convinced me, Q - now the only question is how she reacts once she has got over this disagreeable surprise. Will she:

    a) Walk away with quiet dignity
    b) Make a withering comment
    c) Bash him over the head with a book?

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  7. Quantum17 November 2013 at 11:01

    Being a smart if prim librarian with a sense of humour, she will offer a copy of Dickens's 'Great Expectations' and a comic starring the great detective 'Sex-ton Blake', suggesting they be read after a cold shower. LOL

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  8. Lexi17 November 2013 at 11:33

    I reckon you are half right; what about Great Expectations and Dealing with Disappointment by Elizabeth Crary?

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  9. Quantum17 November 2013 at 17:56

    Very Good Lexi!

    I'm guessing that you haven't read the Sexton Blake books. I read a few as a lad. A colleague noticed an advert for Sex-Ton Blake while in Copenhagen, which amused us! :)

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  10. Fiona Pearse18 November 2013 at 08:48

    Thanks for sharing this, Lexi. I'm taking a look.

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  11. Fiona Pearse18 November 2013 at 08:53

    ... and my book is eligible. So I'll be adding it once it gets its makeover :) Thanks again.

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