[bookshare-discuss] Alternative Way to Browse New Books
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:38:36 -0600
Instead of using the Browse New Books link on Bookshare's website, try using
the following link which takes advantage of Bookshare's Advanced Search to
browse the most recent books. It will only list books written in English
and will let you go back as far as you want. It also creates the list of
books directly from the database instead of pulling up a web page which is
only updated once a day, so it will show you the latest books as they are
added to the collection instead of making you wait a day before finding out
about the latest new books.
Browse New Books - English Only
<http://www.bookshare.org/web/BooksByAdvancedSearch.html?titlestring=&author
string=&sort=4&language=en&quality=0&category%5B%5D=0&operation=submit&submi
t=Search&count=100>
If you add the link to your favorite web pages, then you can browse the new
books this way any time you want.
Also, if you're using JAWS to read the results from Advanced Search, you can
move quickly from book to book using the keys for moving from paragraph to
paragraph: Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down.
HTH
Gerald
-----Original Message-----
From: bill holton [mailto:bill32607@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 8:00 AM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: New books
There are two things I don't understand about the browse books screens.
First, why do they do the tables like they do? I have to move cursor down 7
times for each new title I see. Wouldn't it be much easier, considering
that all screen readers now read tables very easily, to have title, author,
etc. across the top of the table and then list the books down the table one
per each line?
Secondly, I wish I could browse more than 100 recent books. I don't make it
to the site every day, and sometimes when I reach the site I know there are
more than 100 books that have been added, and I miss browsing a lot of the
new titles.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 1:02 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: New books
Yes. They should be in Browse New Books under Browse
books tomorrow afternoon. That's when Gustavo puts
them there, but Jake gets the list earlier somehow,
and I take it from Jake's site so peopple will have it
earlier.
If you search by title or author, though, under
Advanced Search, you'll find the books and can
download them. They have been added into the
collection.
HTH
Cindy
--- Patti Johnson <razz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I went to the site and didn't see the new books in
> the list you sent out, Cindy. Are these books you
> list books that will be added then this week?
> Sorry for the confusion.
> Patti
>
> I have found that when you are deeply troubled,
> there are things you get from the silent devoted
> companionship of a dog that you can get from no
> other source.
> Doris Day
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