eBranch Blog

February 20, 2006

Customized ?BookLetters? Available Online

Sign up to receive customized newsletters about your favorite books!

Harris County Public Library, the largest circulating library in Texas, introduces a new online feature. Customers can sign up to receive up to 12 customized book newsletters, called BookLetters, through email. The BookLetters feature titles, descriptions and reviews of the latest Audio Books, New Fiction titles, Mysteries and more. Through BookLetters, customers are a click away from the Harris County Public Library online catalog where they can request the book or audio. Just log on to www.hcpl.net and click on BookLetters to register.

Harris County Public Library is excited to offer this innovative online service to customers. HCPL Director Catherine Park said that ?Our goal is to provide the best service to our customers. BookLetters allows us to individualize our book and audio news. This gives customers the opportunity to get news about the items they want in a timely manner from their own computer." Park went on to say that ?BookLetters is just one way that we can bring the library to you, the customer, wherever you are.?

Harris County Public Library has 26 branches located across Harris county. Harris County Public Library is the largest circulating library in the State of Texas, checking out more than 10 million items per year. All branches offer computers, Internet connections and wireless connections. For more information about the branch closest to you, call 713-749-9000 or check the branch information pages.