[WEB4LIB] Re: The "Commercialized" Library

[Dan Lester]

Monday, August 07, 2000, 1:56:51 PM, you wrote:

GM> Dan and Bill

GM>    Why not both Amazon.com and/or banesandnoble.com AND Choice and/or Library Journal ! You'd have user reviews AND publisher reviews AND professional  reviews - all of potential value for
GM> judging a work for a user's particular purposes.

I have no argument with linking to any and all review sources.
Remember, I was making a list of points I'd heard, not ones I
necessarily would make myself.  I find many Amazon reviews useful. The
major problem with linking to Choice or LJ or some other "real,
professional" review resources is the cost of providing those
resources.

All of which reminds me: I have two reviews due next week, so I'd
better get them written instead of reading web4lib.

cheers

dan


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