BookNews

BookNews

Newsletters, Staff Picks, Award Lists and more...

Patrons can select from 21 monthly newsletters and 50 award lists all with direct links into your catalog. Your staff can create a variety of custom newsletters, staff picks and recommendations including a digital version of your library's printed newsletter. Patrons can subscribe via email, RSS feed, or view everything at your library's BookNews page.
BookNews landing page on a tablet computer

Create custom newsletters and booklists

All the tools you need to quickly customize the ready-made content or create your own content, including page designs, templates, and graphics. Our Auto Newsletter feature allows you to create a 20-book newsletter, or booklist in less than a minute, complete with book jackets,Convert your library's printed newsletter to an email newsletter. annotations and direct links to your catalog.

Easily convert your
printed newsletters

You can easily convert your library's multi-page printed newsletter to a digital format that your patrons can view online, or in their email. Past issues are automatically archived.

Multi-page email newsletters

Use these for content that doesn’t fit on one page. The pages are automatically linked together with an optional dynamic table of contents. It's like emailing people a miniature website.

Widgets

Promote your newsletters using a variety of book jacket widgets. We make it easy. Check off newsletters you want to promote, set the size of your widget, pick a background color, and preview the finished widget. Copy the code snippet, place it on your web page and it automatically updates every time your newsletters change.

Powerful list management software

We send out over 375,000 emails to book club subscribers each day, so we've become email experts. We manage your subscribers and automatically take care of bounce backs, assuring your emails get delivered.

RSS feeds

We offer RSS feeds for all of your monthly newsletters. In addition, you can create your own RSS channels for library news, events, or any content you create.

Database of 14 million books and DVDs

Our Ingram database includes book jackets, DVD covers, annotations, and reviews.
Our content is socially connected.