BookBrowse
right|250px|Official BookBrowse logo from website
BookBrowse is an online magazine and website that provides book reviews, author interviews, book previews, and reading guides. The magazine is independent of publishers and does not sell books that it reviews. The site offers both free and premium content that is available by subscription.[1][2][3][4]
History[edit]
BookBrowse was founded by Davina and Paul Morgan-Witts in 1997. The idea for the website came from a trip to a bookstore the same year. The visit to the bookstore was cut short and they decided to look on the internet for book information, finding very little at that time. This brought on the idea to create something that allowed readers to flip through various pages of a book, similar to at a bookstore.[2]
The website grew in popularity and in 1998 was featured by Yahoo! as its Incredibly Useful Site of the Day.[3] In the early 2000s, it started publishing its own reviews of various books as well as publishing reader reviews. BookBrowse also launched an online magazine that is published twice-monthly, containing reviews, previews, articles, book club recommendations, and author interviews. It also provides a book club section for those seeking advice on starting a book club and finding suitable books to read, as well as book reviews by active book clubs.[5]
BookBrowse generates revenue by offering subscription access to premium features outside the content it publishes for free, including offering subscription access for public libraries.[6] One feature of the website is that BookBrowse does not sell books that it reviews.[7]
Awards and recognition[edit]
In 2015 and 2017, BookBrowse received a Modern Library Award from LibraryWorks in recognition of it being a top product in the library industry.[8][9] In 2020 and 2024, BookBrowse entered the Modern Library Awards again, and was awarded Platinum in both years.[10][11]
References[edit]
- ↑ Long, Sarah (22 October 2002). "Teen Read Week Seeks to Cultivate a Crucial Skill". Daily Herald.[dead link]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Book Site Gives Online Buying That Old Store Feel". Publishers Weekly. 6 January 1999.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Incredibly Useful Site for 8/25/98". Yahoo!. 25 August 1998.
- ↑ Novak, Tanya; Teysko, Heather (28 February 2015). "New Product News January/February 2015". Public Libraries Online. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ↑ "Join the club - the Book Club to Go". The Telegram. 14 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "New Product News". Public Libraries. Jan 2015.
- ↑ Villalon, Oscar (7 March 2000). "Readers Find Their Niches". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ↑ "2015 Modern Library Awards". Modern Library. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ↑ "MLAIssue17_2". cld.bz. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
- ↑ "2020 Modern Library Awards" (PDF). www.libraryspot.com. Retrieved Dec 29, 2020.
- ↑ "2024 Modern Library Awards" (PDF). Retrieved Aug 28, 2024.
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