Over 1,000 People Subscribe to Our Booklists, Do You?

As our number of BookLetters subscriptions continues to climb (currently 1,176) it is clear that this is a service our library patrons appreciate. Who wouldn't enjoy a monthly email from the local library with lists of great new books, audiobooks, and movies in your favorite genres? Now you can place books on hold right through your email with one click. BookLetters is even adding great new features like the ability to browse by series to find other titles in a series you enjoy.

Ready to sign up? Click here for our subscription page, listing our 35 unique book lists created by Library staff. Select the lists that interest you and sign up with your email address at the bottom of the page. Lists update monthly unless otherwise noted (a few lists update biweekly such as our Staff Reads) - that means you can expect one monthly email per list. You can control which lists you will receive and remove yourself from the mailing if you are not satisfied.

Help Us Make Our Book Review Lists Better

One year ago, Troy Public Library began offering online book review lists to our patrons through the BookLetters service. Since then we have developed over 35 online lists, updated monthly or biweekly, on a variety of topics to keep you up-to-date on the Library's offerings.

In late February, we celebrated having over 400 patrons subscribed to book lists by email. Today, nearly 900 people have subscribed. Clearly this is a well-loved resource for our Library patrons.

In order to make sure our book lists are serving all of your interests, we created this quick survey. Please take a moment to give us feedback on this service and explore some of our new offerings on our book list subscription page.

BookLetters: Over 400 Patrons Served

Back in November I posted an entry about BookLetters -- a readers' advisory service TPL uses to recommend books, audiobooks and videos from our collection. We have since added five new lists, bringing the total up to 30 regularly updated booklists. Anyone can subscribe to these booklists by email or RSS feed, receiving direct updates as new lists are created.

In addition to our five new booklists, we now have over 400 patrons subscribing by email. Our most popular list, Staff Reads, has 100 subscribers. Another list to keep an eye on is our Newly Arrived DVDs newsletter which features popular movies recently added to our collection. Teens and adults alike can enjoy Caution! These Novels are Graphic -- a list of our newest and greatest graphic novels. Among the many lists for children, our patrons love How the World Works -- a monthly updated list of children's titles to capture a broad scope of interests.

If you would like to partake in this free readers' advisory service, you can view all of our custom booklists by clicking on "Find Books and Reviews" on our homepage. Among our 30 lists for different ages, interests and formats (books, playaway audiobooks, DVDs and more), you're sure to find something you like.

Find Your Next Book With BookLetters

Not sure what to check out next? Troy Public Library staff members bring their readers advisory to your home with BookLetters -- a website featuring book, audio-book and DVD lists created just for you. Use these lists to browse areas of interest, read reviews, preview items and place holds on items you would like to reserve.

BookLetters lists are created by staff and are updated regularly, either monthly or every other week. To receive updates you can subscribe to as many lists as you like, by email or by RSS feed.

Whether your interests are mysteries or biographies, business or cooking; whether you're looking for books on CD or DVDs; whether you are a child, a teen or an adult -- we have something for you!

Check out TPL's BookLetters listing by going to our website and clicking on "Find Books and Reviews." Don't forget to visit the BookLetters listing page often, as new lists are added regularly to meet your requests.

Need help getting started? You can watch this tutorial on placing a hold through BookLetters:

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Also, this tutorial on subscribing to a BookLetters list:

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