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Tracy Grand CEO, JacketFlap Children’s and Young Adult Literature in a Web 2.0 World

Discover the Google of children's literature with JacketFlap! Our platform aggregates content from multiple sources, making it easy to find information about books, authors, publishers, and more. With over 1 million searchable books, 200,000 author biographies, and 20,000 book publishers, we're the go-to resource for all things related to children's literature. Explore book reviews, author tours, contact information, and join our social networking community. Easily browse and search books and people, including local authors and illustrators. Join JacketFlap and unlock a world of resources and connections in the children's literature community.

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Tracy Grand CEO, JacketFlap Children’s and Young Adult Literature in a Web 2.0 World

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  1. Tracy Grand CEO, JacketFlap.com Children’s and Young Adult Literature in a Web 2.0 World October 26, 2010

  2. Web 2.0 Is Amazing!but… information is spread across many places (e.g. Author websites, Amazon, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Publisher websites, Booktour, Flickr, Blogs, etc.) • Search for an author on Google and you find a gazillion websites • Finding information takes too long • JacketFlap wants to make it easy • JacketFlap’s goal is to centralize everything having to do with children’s literature • Every book, author & publisher has a page on JacketFlap • Think of JacketFlap as the Google of children’s literature • Aggregates content • Full of links to the sources

  3. Resources Focused on Books for Children and Young Adults Searchable database of > 1,000,000 Books Biographies on > 200,000 Authors, Illustrators and other Creators Catalogues of > 20,000 Book Publishers 2,000,000 Book Reviews > 2,000 Children’s Book Blogs Book Trailers, Author / Illustrator Tour Dates, and Contact information Social Networking Community

  4. Books • Easily browse & search books by: • Reading level • Title • Author, Illustrator, other creators • Subject • See aggregated reviews • Read First Chapter Free

  5. Book Search: Example Books about Baseball, Ages 4 -8

  6. Book Search: Options

  7. Book Detail Description, Combined Rating, Links, Publisher

  8. Book Detail Blog Posts, Free First Chapter, Author Info

  9. Book Detail Subjects, Awards, Professional Reviews, Videos

  10. Aggregated Reviews: Amazon

  11. Barnes & Noble

  12. Goodreads

  13. Book Videos

  14. Book Video Page

  15. People • Easily browse & search people • Find local authors, illustrators • By Geography • Search by Titles • See authors on tour in your area

  16. Published People Search for People Near Fontana, CA

  17. JacketFlap Profile Page Biography, Links, Tweets, Social Networks, Email

  18. JacketFlap Profile Page Blog, Picture Gallery

  19. JacketFlap Profile Page Published Works, Events, Friends

  20. JacketFlap Profile Page Videos, Profile Comments

  21. JacketFlap Community People Online

  22. JacketFlap Community Search for Librarians Near Fontana, CA

  23. Books by Members > 6,000 Authors, 176 books published in last 30 days

  24. Books by Members Find Books by Local Authors

  25. JacketFlap Blog Reader 42,863 Posts in Librarian Blogs Alone!

  26. That’s a quick peek at JacketFlap Thank you! I’d love your feedback! Tracy Grand tgrand@jacketflap.com jacketflap.com/tracy

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