Speaking of nerdy widgets, Random House and HarperCollins just came out with their own book widgets while I slept.
Both widgets allow you to read and search books, but the Random House widget is the clear winner for its self-contained design. Contrast it with the clunkier HarperCollins one.
For a good example, check out the widget for Random House’s Meta Math by Gregory Chaitin. My only gripe is they should make these things easier to find on their site by putting them all in one place.
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they are pretty nifty.
Not sure how I feel about how shiny and self-contained these are. You should be able to make a widget look like it *really* belongs on your site.
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Thanks Fraser. That is indeed an impressive widget gallery.
Agree. The Random House one is much better.
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A simple, minimalistic book widget is BookBox, at:
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It is not as fancy as some of the others, but it requires no registration and it can be created in a minute.
(disclaimer: I’m the author of BookBox)
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