Alerts and Books
September 22, 2010
One of the champions of Alerts (also known as selective dissemination of information or SDI) is the AtHoc organization. If you are not familiar with the company, you may want to check out its industrial strength tools on the company’s Web site. We also like the alert service available from Indigo Stream called GigaAlert, which is a useful news updating service. It is much better than the free alert available from Google News. Just scroll to the bottom of the News search results page and you will see the sign up link.
But when you want to use a free alert service designed expressly to keep book lovers informed, we have a recommendation for you.
At Any New Books, you simply have to sign up with your valid email, choose as many options from the 42 categories that span a broad range of subjects, and receive one weekly digest of handpicked new book releases for every category selected.
The good thing about this service is that the selection process is not automated, and human editors pick up the books covering the subjects you love. This useful service with the punch line “Never miss a great book again,” is just like another search, without a search angle. It is interesting to find a search service that involves the human aspect in the automated era.
The service is free and seems to work as advertised. No search required either. The curation approach works well in our opinion.
Stephen E Arnold, September 22, 2010
Freebie
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