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• Top libraries select OverDrive eBook System
  OverDrive, Inc. announced today that the #1 and #3 U.S. public libraries and the first co-managed city/university library will soon offer patrons 24/7 access to best-selling digital books from their websites - using OverDrive Digital Library Reserve. Denver Public Library and Cuyahoga County Public Library were recently rated as the #1 and #3 libraries in cities with a population of over 500,000 by Hennen's American Public Library Ratings also known as the HAPLR Index. (http://www.haplr-index.com/HAPLR100.htm). San José Public Library is the first in the nation to be funded, managed and operated jointly by a city and a major university (San José State University).
  Author: Mary Rodgers - Date: April 8, 2004



• New At Fictionwise: Additional Authors & Stories
  Fictionwise.com (http://www.fictionwise.com) has signed three major authors: Kate Wilhelm, Pamela Sargent and David Langford. Their stories are now in production and will begin coming online in various eBook formats by early July.
  Author: Mary Rodgers - Date: May 22, 2005



• New web site offers
  A new eBook has just been published online that will simplify the often delicate and mission-critical task of writing a "letter of recommendation". It is being touted as the one-and-only book of its kind, offering tips, advice, information, and templates for all types of recommendation letters.
  
  According to its author, Shaun Fawcett, Instant Recommendation Letter Kit fills an important gap on the writing "how to" bookshelves. He says it stands out as absolutely unique.
  
  "I was amazed when I did a search at amazon.com and found that there were absolutely no 'how to' books about writing letters of recommendation - it's a fairly tricky subject and there is a lot more to it than meets the eye. I was truly astonished to discover that there was nothing on the subject out there - well now there is," beamed Fawcett in a recent interview.
  
  Evidently, the phrase "recommendation letter" is a general term that means a number of different things to different people - in a number of different situations. The new eBook explains and clarifies the confusion surrounding the various types of letter of recommendation, and provides tips, advice, samples, and templates to help people who need to write one, as well as those who need to ask someone else to write one for them.
  
  Fawcett says there are five primary types of "recommendation letters":
  
  • recommendation letters - job related
  • letters of recommendation - college/university admission related
  • reference letters - job and community related
  • commendation letters - employment and community related
  • performance evaluation letters - employment related
  He goes on to explain, "In addition to these, there are a few other derivative types of recommendation letters as well. It gets really confusing with people throwing around the term 'recommendation letter' all of the time without really knowing exactly what they're talking about. It causes a lot of misunderstanding when someone asks for a recommendation letter, and the person being asked has a totally different concept of what is being requested."
  
  Fawcett points out that, of all types of letters ever written on a personal or business basis, recommendation letters are among the most critical because they almost always have important implications in the workplace or community, or in the often difficult quest for acceptance into a college or university.
  
  Instant Recommendation Letter Kit, is the second in a series of "writing toolkit"eBooks that Fawcett has released in the past year. His first eBook, titled Instant Home Writing Kit, was published online last September. The new eBook continues with the same successful formula; combining extensive practical 'how-to' information with fully-formatted real-life sample templates that people can download into their word processor and work with.
  
  
  Author: Mary Rodgers - Date: October 2, 2005



• The New Republic, Salon.com, Esquire, and The Atlantic Team up with Powells.com to provide book reviews online
  Powells.com today announced that Esquire, The New Republic, Salon.com, and The Atlantic will provide its shoppers with full-length book reviews to be posted daily on the independent bookseller's web site and distributed through a free email subscription service. Each weekday, Powells.com will send subscribers a full-length book review from one of its four reviewers. Reviews on the fifth day will be provided by members of the bookseller's staff.
  Author: Grace Milley - Date: April 5, 2004



• WHEN FEAR TAKES OVER
  WHEN FEAR TAKES OVER, A book for the New Believer. How you understand this partial poem, dictated a little of your way of thinking in your life......
  Author: Laura Drentea - Date: June 18, 2002



• How to make your headlines sell
  If you want to maximize your sales, then your ad copy must open up with a GREAT headline that declares:
  Author: Trevor Levine - Date: February 26, 2002



• Connect with an online training community
  You can now find online training in a wide variety of topics including free web development, vocational training courses and certificate programs. Online training allows you to train for a new career, job or hobby on your own time.
  Author: Kristen McCarthy - Date: January 2, 2002