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Edelweiss Weekly Update - Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

DateTuesday, June 1, 2010 at 1:44PM
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Update for Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

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GeoSearch is Live!
New Catalogs: Georgetown, Nolo, Penguin, Random, Tyndale
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Greetings!
We're back from a great BookExpo America show in NYC.  Our booth was hopping and we enjoyed seeing and meeting booksellers, publishers, and librarians from across the country.  We came away with a couple of great new additions to Edelweiss that we'll be announcing soon.

If you didn't have a chance to check out Books@BEA, the catalog is still up and available until a week from Friday (June 11), so take a look at what forthcoming titles exhibitors at this year's show chose to highlight.

This week, we have new catalogs from Georgetown University Press, Nolo, Penguin, and Random House (Mass).  Penguin included a catalog of 75 titles in honor of its special birthday on July 30, 2010. See Penguin's blog posting about their upcoming 75th anniversary for more information about the history of this amazing publisher and their celebration plans.

We also have our usual list of drop-ins for your convenience.

Finally, we've implemented our new GeoSearch feature.  See the item below for more information on this new way to search for titles and authors of local interest.  We're excited about it and think many of you will be, too.

Cheers,

Mark

GeoSearch: Feature Overview
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Below is an screenshot of GeoSearch.  Click on the image for a clearer and full-sized view.  GeoSearch allows catalog browsers to set a location and find titles connected to locations within a specified radius.  Right now, the location relationships are compiled using the author biography information.  Users can search for titles by authors connected to locations by virtue of their personal histories (where they live, where they were born, where they were raised) or based on the college or university that they attended or have worked at.  Email us at edelweiss@abovethetreeline.com with questions or suggestions.

Edelweiss GeoSearch
  • Upper right controls used to set address, radius, and filter conditions.  In the example, the address is set to "Ann Arbor, MI" and the radius is set to 25 miles.  The user can also choose to include cities, schools (colleges and universities), or both.
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  • A map with markers (including number of matches) is displayed at top left just next to the corresponding list of matching cities and states.  The list is sorted by order of proximity to the address.  As you can see in the list, one title is connected to Canton, MI which is 12.8 miles from Ann Arbor.
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  • A list of titles with basic info and cover images is directly below the map and search criteria.  Multiple sort options are available.  The text within the author biography that triggered the match is highlighted in yellow.
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  • The type of match (or "Relevance") is indicated in the block of title info just to the right of the cover image thumbnail.  Top title in the example is "T is for Tokyo".  The author's childhood home was Ann Arbor, MI as provided by the author biography.
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  • Filters can be applied to find titles of particular genres, pubdates, formats, publishers, or other standard Edelweiss filter criteria.
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  • User can use the check box for each title to create a running list for further use and review in the full Edelweiss List View.
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New Catalogs: Georgetown, Nolo, Penguin, Random House, Tyndale
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The following catalogs were added within the last seven days:
Drop-Ins
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The following titles were added to existing catalogs in the past seven days.
Mark Evans
Director of Marketing
Above the Treeline

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