[Eg-oversight-board] Amazon and Zazzle

[Galen Charlton]

Hi,

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 7:42 AM, McKinney, Elizabeth <
emckinney at georgialibraries.org> wrote:

> Good idea.  Perhaps the conference committee could submit a list of
> keynote publications to add to the store in advance of the conference?
>

We might need to tread a bit cautiously, however, at least in terms of
making a formal EOB practice of this, as it would offer a commercial
benefit to the keynote speaker.  Accepting suggestions is one thing; given
the impression that the website will always advertise a keynoter's books is
another.

I think the main considerations for picking books to highlight should be
whether the book would be useful for a user of or contributor to Evergreen,
keeping in mind that that can cover a wide variety of topics in general
technology, library technology in particular, and library administration
(for example, does anybody know of a really good book on logistics that
would be useful to somebody setting up statewide materials delivery for the
first time?).

Of course, most of the time -- but not always! -- a keynote speaker's books
are likely to meet that criterion.

Regards,

Galen
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