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whichbook.net as Readers' Advisory tool

(Take 25 mins)

Try out whichbook.net in combination with the other tools that we use when we give readers advice, or are thinking of our own fiction promotions.

Here is a selection of Readers' Advisory Tools to compare and contrast (Sequels, Fiction Index, Bookseller - export edition, Who Writes Like etc.) Remember that Whichbook.net works from the reader's point of view. What questions are you asked regularly by borrowers that Whichbook.net could answer? Try these out now.

Exercise to use and compare 
 
Find a book:

a) set in 19th century London
b) latest book by …
c) top 10 bestsellers
d) sequel to ...
e) funny, romantic, easy read
f) authors similar to...
g) featuring a black character
h) by a gay writer
i)  set in China
j) a really challenging read

How did you find the exercise? Are these questions that you get asked? Take 10 minutes to say what you found.

   
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