Want to share your library with friends,
family and even the rest of the world? If that's the case, you can use
my new Google Books Library Widget. Please take a look and experiment
with this new widget, and let me know what you think about it.
Google Books
In Google Books you can create your own Library. Take a look here
to see my small test library. As you can see, there are 2 books in this
library, and I have written a small review for each of them. Creating
your own Google Books Library is very easy. First of all, you need to
have a Google account. As a Blogger user, you probably have one. After
signing in on your Google account, select "more" from the menubar on the
Google main page. This opens a small pop-up menu, where you can select
"Books". This brings you to the Books-page, where you start creating
your Library by "Importing Books". You can easily add books to your
Library by entering a list of ISBN-numbers. Google will look up all
bookdata. After importing some books, return to the Library page (click
on "My Library" in the menubar), to see your Library Listing. Now you
can add comments, reviews, and a ranking (0-5 stars) to your books.
After setting up your Library, it is time to move on to creating the
Google Books Library Widget.
Creating the Widget
Creating the Widget is done in a few easy steps:
It will take less than a minute to set it up.
1. Get your Google Books Library URL
Go
to your Google Books Library page. Select the contents from your
browser's address bar by right-clicking on it and selecting "copy" from
the popup menu.
2. Create the Widget with Yahoo Pipes
Go to my Google Books Library Pipe
by clinking on the link. In the entry-field, enter the URL by
right-clicking and pasting the URL you just copied. Click the "Run Pipe"
button. Your Library data are retrieved, and displayed as a list of
titles and descriptions.
If the output is as you expected, go on to the next step.
3. Add the Widget to your Blog
Now
click on "Get as a Badge". Badge is the Yahoo-word for Widgets. This
will bring up the Badge Configuration Window. In this window, click on
"Customize the size, type and settings of your Badge". In the
entry-field again paste your Google Books URL and click "Next". Now
select "Blogger" as the destination for your Badge. This brings you to
the familiar Blogger-screen, where you can select the Blog, and enter
the heading for the new Page Element. Click on "Add Widget", and
afterwards view your Blog.
family and even the rest of the world? If that's the case, you can use
my new Google Books Library Widget. Please take a look and experiment
with this new widget, and let me know what you think about it.
Google Books
In Google Books you can create your own Library. Take a look here
to see my small test library. As you can see, there are 2 books in this
library, and I have written a small review for each of them. Creating
your own Google Books Library is very easy. First of all, you need to
have a Google account. As a Blogger user, you probably have one. After
signing in on your Google account, select "more" from the menubar on the
Google main page. This opens a small pop-up menu, where you can select
"Books". This brings you to the Books-page, where you start creating
your Library by "Importing Books". You can easily add books to your
Library by entering a list of ISBN-numbers. Google will look up all
bookdata. After importing some books, return to the Library page (click
on "My Library" in the menubar), to see your Library Listing. Now you
can add comments, reviews, and a ranking (0-5 stars) to your books.
After setting up your Library, it is time to move on to creating the
Google Books Library Widget.
Creating the Widget
Creating the Widget is done in a few easy steps:
- Get the URL of your Google Books Library;
- Create a Widget with Yahoo Pipes;
- Add the Widget to your Blog.
It will take less than a minute to set it up.
1. Get your Google Books Library URL
Go
to your Google Books Library page. Select the contents from your
browser's address bar by right-clicking on it and selecting "copy" from
the popup menu.
2. Create the Widget with Yahoo Pipes
Go to my Google Books Library Pipe
by clinking on the link. In the entry-field, enter the URL by
right-clicking and pasting the URL you just copied. Click the "Run Pipe"
button. Your Library data are retrieved, and displayed as a list of
titles and descriptions.
If the output is as you expected, go on to the next step.
3. Add the Widget to your Blog
Now
click on "Get as a Badge". Badge is the Yahoo-word for Widgets. This
will bring up the Badge Configuration Window. In this window, click on
"Customize the size, type and settings of your Badge". In the
entry-field again paste your Google Books URL and click "Next". Now
select "Blogger" as the destination for your Badge. This brings you to
the familiar Blogger-screen, where you can select the Blog, and enter
the heading for the new Page Element. Click on "Add Widget", and
afterwards view your Blog.
