[WEB4LIB] We need an Internet Literary Database

[Patricia Livingston]

The first thing I thought of when I read this message is to link to a
directory. Maybe it's because I work in the Directory at Go.com. :)

http://www.go.com/WebDir/Books_and_literature
or, example for a classic, http://www.go.com/WebDir/Melville_Herman.

I did a search for literary databases and got
http://www.colorado.edu/ITS/Digit/mayjune98/library.html. Don't have the
time right now to evaluate, however. 

Patty

-----Original Message-----
From: Hanan Cohen [mailto:hanan at qglibrary.org.il]
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 10:43 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] We need an Internet Literary Database


By Jeffery Zeldman - http://www.zeldman.com/coming.html

26 March, 2000 
[12:30 am] 
Every time we mention a book, we feel compelled to link to it, as we'd
link to any other subject matter. Problem: With no comprehensive
non-commercial book resources on the web, we inevitably end up linking
to Amazon.com or a similar commercial resource, and that makes us feel
like book pimps. Solution: The web needs an Internet Literary Database,
similar to the Internet Movie Database, so we can link to books without
looking like we're trying to sell you something. 

-- 
Hanan Cohen - http://www.info.org.il
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