Here’s an update on what’s new with RAO–

Series
We just published a new feature that our users have been asking for — in the Advanced Search, you can now refine a search by “In A Series” to limit results to titles in series only. Gee, the description is longer than the example!
1. At the Advanced Search page, enter James Patterson in the author field.
2. Under Refine Your Search, check “In A Series” and click Search
Voila!

Teen Nonfiction
We have started adding Teen Nonfiction; so far we’ve added Teen True Adventure, True Crime, and Teen Life Stories. You can browse the titles through the “Genre Tree” on the Advanced Search page.

Reader’s Advisor News: The Original. Beware of Imitations!
We just released the June 2008 issue of our free e-zine, the Reader’s Advisor News, sponsored by the Reader’s Advisor Online/Libraries Unlimited. Be sure to check it out! (Oh, and some of you may have noticed that our esteemed colleagues at another publishing house have circulated an e-newsletter with the name “RA News”. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? Our Readers’ Advisor News has great content that you won’t find elsewhere about readers’ advisory–real information, not just product promo. And we have been publishing the Reader’s Advisor News since June 2005! So if you have missed any issues, check it out!)

ALA Anaheim
We are in booth #1438 and will be demonstrating RAO:
4:15 PM Saturday 6/28
2:15 PM Sunday 6/29
10:15 AM Monday 6/30

Be sure to stop by! We’d love to hear from you!

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Sarah Statz Cords, from Madison Public Library, Wisconsin, author of The Real Story, and associate editor for the Reader’s Advisor Online, will be offering a web-based demonstration Friday, June 13, 2008 at 1PM EDT / 10 AM PDT. Attendees will view the training via the web and will call a conference number to enable full participation in the training. Spaces are limited — please register ASAP! You may reserve a seat by emailing laura.calderone@lu.com. Confirmation of registration and access instructions will be sent by email.

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News flash!

The video of Sarah Statz Cords demonstrating the Reader’s Advisor Online is available at:
http://rainfo.lu.com/videos.aspx

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We have a great contest coming up on the Blog in April — there will be a weekly drawing for a $50 gift certificate! Visit the Blog on April 1 for details and to enter the contest!

Our reading list for April, sent to subscribers and trial accounts, will cover Arthur C. Clarke, including his fiction and nonfiction. You won’t want to miss it.

We are adding more GLBTQ content, and will start adding Teen nonfiction next week! We are starting with Teen True Adventure.

We are adding all kinds of Author Read-Alikes. We have added new lists in fantasy covering more than 40 authors:

• Peter S. Beagle
• Lois McMaster Bujold
• Jacqueline Carey
• Susanna Clarke
• Susan Cooper
• Neil Gaiman
• Mercedes Lackey
• Gregory Maguire

Coming up in April, we will be adding more Author Read-Alikes in fantasy, teen authors (such as Scott Westerfeld), and romance/women’s fiction. The Author Read-Alikes are linked to the author’s works (as a list in the QuickList on right; the narrative text as at the bottom of the page). Also, you can find the author-readliakes by selecting Browse from the main menu, choosing Author Read-Alikes from the submenu, then using A-Z list.

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We’ll be at PLA in Minneapolis, MN, March 27-28, 2008. Please stop by the booth #922. Sarah Statz Cords will be demonstrating Reader’s Advisor Online at 10:30 AM Thursday March 27 and at 2:30 PM Friday March 28.

Editor Cindy Orr has people lined up to cover the various RA programs at PLA, so if you can’t attend, be sure to check the Blog.

And, we’ll have details on a contest that we will be running on the Blog starting in April. A $50 prize will be awarded weekly for 4 weeks! So stop by the booth!

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Sarah Statz Cords, from Madison Public Library, Wisconsin, author of The Real Story, and associate editor for the Reader’s Advisor Online, will be offering web-based training Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 1PM EDT / 10 AM PDT. Attendees will view the training via the web and will call a conference number to enable full participation in the training. Spaces are limited — please register ASAP! You may reserve a seat by emailing laura.calderone@lu.com. Confirmation of registration and access instructions will be sent by email. Future dates include Thursday Apr. 10 and Tuesday Apr. 29.

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Sarah Statz Cords, from Madison Public Library, Wisconsin, author of The Real Story, and associate editor for the Reader’s Advisor Online, will be offering web-based training Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 1PM EDT / 10 AM PDT. Attendees will view the training via the web and will call a conference number to enable full participation in the training. Spaces are limited — please register ASAP! You may reserve a seat by emailing laura.calderone@lu.com. Confirmation of registration and access instructions will be sent by email. Future dates include Thursday Feb. 21, Tuesday Mar. 18, Thursday Apr. 10 and Tuesday Apr. 29.

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