Sunday, February 22, 2009

#6 Authors on the Web

I visited Authors of the Web http://authorsontheweb.com/ and took a look around. I noticed a very interesting thing, there is no Search Box on its home page. This site supposed to be useful for people looking for books and authors, but it seems quite hard to find the access.

Comparing to Authors of the Web, the site Books & Authors http://0-bna.galegroup.com.www.elgar.govt.nz/bna/ looks better, not only because of its better interface but its searching functionalities. There is a Search Box on the top of the right-hand side; people can search by Title, Author, Keyword or Series. I typed in keyword “Harry Potter”, and it brought up 17 relevant items, including the complete 7 Harry Potter series and some other books as well, such as a biography of the author, J.K. Rowling and The Science of Harry Potter.