BookJetty ScreenGrab Hosted on ZooomrHere’s an interesting site called [BookJetty.com][1] by Herryanto Siatono of [Pluit Solutions][2]. It uses Web 2.0 technology of mash-ups to combine search results from both [Amazon][3] and the [catalogue][4] of [National Library Board, Singapore][5]. I came across this site when it was first launched but didn’t see much use of it then because of the limited functionality. But it has evolved into a very useful tool. (via [Library Stuff][6])
[1]: http://www.bookjetty.com/ “BookJetty.com”
[2]: http://www.pluitsolutions.com/ “Pluit Solutions”
[3]: http://www.amazon.com/ “Amazon”
[4]: http://vistaweb.nlb.gov.sg “Online Catalogue, NLB”
[5]: http://www.nlb.gov.sg/ “National Library Board, Singapore (NLB)”
[6]: http://www.librarystuff.net/ “Library Stuff”
What I like about BookJetty.com is that it allows me to search and find books on Amazon that not available or going to be published and compare it with NLB’s holdings. Then I can make the decision to put in a request to acquire the titles.
One other thing that you can do is to [sign-up][7] for an account with BookJetty.com and it’ll allow you to bookmark the books that you like. You can also mark the books as ‘Read’, ‘Reading’ or ‘Wanted’. And you can tag the books as well. It also includes an element of social networking by allowing you to see who has read the books you have, reading the same books you’re reading, or want the same books.
[7]: http://www.bookjetty.com/account/signup
Anyway, you should go read the [FAQ][8] on the reasons why Herryanto is doing it and how he is doing it. Plus you can read his [blog][9] entries about the ‘BookJetty’.
[8]: http://www.bookjetty.com/pages/faq
[9]: http://www.pluitsolutions.com/category/bookjetty/
Technorati Tags: amazon, catalogues, mashup, national library board, nlb, singapore, web 2.0
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Isaak, thanks for the writeup. Appreciate it.
Hi Herry,
Thanks for dropping by. And continue developing BookJetty.