For books, I usually go to Barnes and Noble or Amazon, but this assignment prompted me to look around at some of the big book publishers. Penguin has a good site with a blog (doesn't look like a popular feature) and podcasts. They list 'top 5's' as well, but it isn't clear if this is from any rating system or not. I don't see a way to vote for them, but perhaps it is accumulated from what people buy from the site.
Random House also has blogs and podcasts, but the blogs again look like news clips written by staff to sell the books.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Penguin's web 2.0 features
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You might like to take a look at the Penguin UK website too (www.penguin.co.uk) - we also have a blog and podcast, both very popular with our users; be interested to hear what you think...
Anna
Hi Michael - there are two top 5 sections on our homepage and they are both updated weekly on Monday mornings. the first is the USA Today top 5. this is the top 5 Penguin titles on the USA Today bestseller list. the second is the readers' top 5. this is the top 5 sellers by units on our website from the prior week. I'd be happy to answer any other questions you might have about the site. Feel free to drop me a line at darel.cragnolin@us.penguingroup.com
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