BookSpot.com

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:

www.bookspot.com
Accessed through the William K. Sanford Library’s Teen Webpage.

SUMMARY

BookSpot.com is a free resource center that simplifies the search for the best book-related content on the Web. Featured sites are hand-selected by BookSpot.com editors and organized into categories, such as bestseller lists, genres, book reviews, electronic texts, book news and more. The website features links to Google Book Search, BookPage.com, Bookreporter.com, and Publishers Weekly. To the left, is a number of options. Users can search for books in an number of ways: genre, bestsellers, book awards, book reviews, online books, first chapters and reading lists. There is also information about where to buy books, compare prices, antique books, audio books, technical books, textbooks and used books. There is also information about authors, publishers, and book events, the list goes on. There is also a question and answer section where they have published some of the most asked questions. Another way to search for information about books is from the drop down menu at the top of the page. Using the genre link on the left for Young Adult brings the user to the young adult page. Here there is an abundance of information on YA titles.

CRITICAL EVALUATION

Bookspot.com offers teens information on books. Whether they are looking for more information or titles by a certain author or if they are just looking for their next read, it is all here. The website is very user friendly and laid out well. The various ways to search for information is clear. The young adult tab has a great link to Reading Rants! Out of the ordinary teen booklists. The have fantastic links to reading list websites like ‘I’m here. I’m queer. What the hell do I read?’ The website also offer lists of their own. Bookspot offers the teen reader great options for finding a book or information about book related issues. I can’t imagine visiting the website without finding a great read. Teen readers will LOVE this site!

READER’S ANNOTATION

Looking for a book to read…you will find some great reads here!

INFORMATION ABOUT THE CREATOR

The StartSpot Network, a division of StartSpot Mediaworks, was founded with the desire to improve people's ability to quickly and easily find the best topical information on the Web.
Frustrated by unwieldy search engine results and bottomless portals, they felt there had to be a better way. What began as a highly acclaimed site, LibrarySpot.com, has evolved into a simple network of topical "Spots," the StartSpot Network.

They focus on topics that inform and educate. Our goal is to help you quickly and easily discover the best the Web has to offer for these topics. Their editorial team carefully evaluates and selects the best, most relevant and most interesting online resources for a topic, then organizes the information to make it easily accessible.

The sites have received a total of more than 100 awards and honors, including "Top 100 Web Site" from PC Magazine, "Best Reference Site" from Forbes.com and "Top 100 Web Sites for Families" from Family PC. They have also received rave reviews from visitors and the media, including CNN, Good Morning America, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, The Dallas Morning News, The San Jose Mercury News, U.S. News and World Report, Yahoo! Internet Life and Family PC.

The company is headquartered in Evanston, Illinois, approximately 13 miles north of downtown Chicago and 35 minutes from O' Hare International Airport. The company's offices are located in the Technology Innovation Center at the Evanston/Northwestern University Research Park.

GENRE

Website

CURRICULUM TIES

New York State: All

BOOKTALKING IDEAS

Not Applicable

READING LEVEL/INTEREST AGE

Age 13 and up

CHALLENGE ISSUES

None

In order to prepare yourself should this website be challenged you may wish to take the following steps:

•Visit the website and look for any objectionable material.
•Refer to the library’s internet, collection development and circulation policy.
•Seek the opinion of teen readers that have used the website.

Should this website be challenged you should follow the additional steps below:

•Advise the senior staff of the challenge.
•Let the patron know that their challenge will be filed and that senior library management will review their request and notify them once a decision has been made.
•Offer any further assistance should the patron have additional questions.

WHY DID I INCLUDE THIS WEBSITE?

I found the link for this website on the Teen Zone webpage on the William K. Sanford Library.