tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post2621467314366356102..comments2024-01-01T11:51:53.860-08:00Comments on Babbles from Scott Eagan: Closing of Bookstores May Present Bigger ChallengesScott Eaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209357682070126879noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-47506899105994950832013-01-29T11:13:55.196-08:002013-01-29T11:13:55.196-08:00One of the problems with looking for books on-line...One of the problems with looking for books on-line is the way the categories are arranged. As a writer I found it frustrating that I couldn't list one book as Fiction-Fantasy-Dystopia. If I enter (I'm talking about Amazon in these examples) 'sweet romance' as I am looking for a book without explicit sex or swearing, this category doesn't seem to exist. I'll get a series of books with the word 'sweet in the title.<br /><br />As a teacher, I've been looking for what is called high-interest, low vocab novels. They are difficult to find. At least the 'look inside' feature helps because I find that the Reading level on the back of the book does not match what my colleagues and I consider to be the reading level. <br /><br />Ordering books on-line can be convenient within the U.S. but I have an acquaintance who has been waiting for one of my books for the past month, ordered from Amazon.com but to be delivered to Canada. Cynthia Washburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03872674307948362400noreply@blogger.com