How to Browse for Books Online: follow the Book Shepherd, advises Griselda Heppel
Bookshop browsing: hard to replicate online.... Photo by Alana Sousa from Pexels I h ave Andrew Crofts to thank for the topic of this month’s post. In December 2021 , he introduced us all to a new book browsing website called www.shepherd.com . You may think it’s not possible to replicate online the experience of browsing in a bookshop but I’d say this site comes pretty close. In fact, in some ways it almost works better, as, having chosen a topic, you are offered several lists of books to look through, each provided by an author selecting their own top five favourites in this area. .... without being overwhelmed. Photo by mentatdgt from Pexels All kinds of genres are covered, fiction and non-fiction, adults and children’s. Related lists are suggested below the one you’re looking at, so you can browse from one to another. As the site grows and more and more lists are added, the experience will just get richer; but crucially, the ...