There are only a few authors that I watch carefully, purchasing every new book they write. Now I can monitor new releases by subscribing to Amazon RSS feeds for authors, keywords or categories. Genie Tyburski provides some welcome detail on how to set up keyword and author RSS feeds.
As Jenny Levine points out, about now the catalogers among us should be getting ideas. More importantly, let's hope it gives the companies who create cataloging software something to think about.
If you're not familiar with the advantages of RSS feeds, you may want to read a few of the articles listed in my bibliography. I highly recommend "The RSS revolution: Using RSS: An Explanation and Guide" (Information Outlook, Dec, 2002, by Steven M. Cohen).
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