I’ve found Google Alerts to be very useful and this new feature looks especially appealing to me.
Google Alerts has a new feature that lets you set alerts specifically for books. So if you are into a specific author, books on subjects that you follow, or books that have a unique combination of subjects, this service will be a big help.
You head over to Google Alerts:
Then you enter your keywords on the bar at the top. The change comes to the Type pull down where you can now select Books as one of the types. Then set up the frequency of the alerts, the volume and the email address. You will get to preview your alerts if you like. I find this very helpful because I can make quick changes that really tailor the alert to the results I am looking for.
Create the Alert and you will start to receive them. I use general alerts to find news published about our library, about subject areas, and now I look forward to building alerts for books.
