That will most certainly miss the publisher quality books because there is a severe lack of categorization with them. However, there are a lot of ways to search those for something of interest too. Don't forget that the advanced search allows a search of the text of books in the collection and I have found some pretty obscure books by searching for phrases of interest that way. Also, don't forget that Bookshare is not the only site for people who read books. There is Good Reads; there is Google Books; there is Open Library; there are many others. Browsing and searching those sites can be a way of finding a lot of books that you might be interested in. When you do just come back to Bookshare and do a search for what you want that you have found elsewhere. As huge as the Bookshare collection has gotten it is likely that you will find it. If you don't then try again with a backup book of interest and sometime in the future try your first choice again. As fast as books are being added it just might be there the next time.
On 12/28/2014 8:00 PM, Judy s. wrote:
Hi Deborah,I was going to suggest a similar search, but doesn't this search miss most of the Publisher Quality books, since they are usually added to the collection without any category?I can't figure out a way to search for new books either that includes just fiction that will list all of the publisher quality additions because of that.Judy s.Follow me on Twitter at QuackersNCheese <https://twitter.com/QuackersNCheese> On 12/28/2014 6:53 PM, Deborah Murray (Redacted sender blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx for DMARC) wrote:Hi Dianne,You’re on the right track using the advanced search on Bookshare. You can check one or more categories you are interested in as well as book quality.After you get your search results, look for the combo box with sort options. At or near the bottom is a choice to sort by date added. Choose that option and press enter on the “go” button and your search results should come up with the newest books at the top.Let us know if that works for you… Deborah *From:*Dianne B. Phelps [mailto:d.bphelps@xxxxxxxxxxx] *Sent:* Sunday, December 28, 2014 5:35 PM *To:* bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx *Subject:* [bookshare-discuss] Need Suggestions, please.I am sorry to say that I am having trouble finding new and interesting books to read. I have tended to be a user of the New Books List; however because that list also lists so many professional titles and educational titles which I am glad to see Book Share providing, I am having difficulty finding new fiction. Does anyone know of published lists of new and good books for pleasure reading.I may not have all the techniques of searching the BookShare collection; but I am feeling a little as though with publisher inputting to the system, Book Share itself is losing control over how we can find things. Maybe what we need is “New Book” catagories instead of that one huge list of everything which comes in.. I’d like to be able to look for New Mysteries, New Biographies, New fiction and nonfiction. I feel as though we are getting a lot of republishing of old titles; and I find it confusing.Any suggestions or techniques others may find helpful would be extremely helpful to me.I just don’t know what I am missing in use of Advanced Search. If I use some of the catagories, I get lists which are in Alpha order without the ability to move to other letters of the alphabet easily.I love and appreciate Book Share dearly, but am feeling I will need to weigh the benefits versus cost if finding material continues to be sodifficult.Anyhelp offered will be greatly appreciated. Feeling frustrated, Dianne B. Phelps, Napa, California
