CDL-Alerts of New Publications from a Specific Author?

From:
"Kohn, Karen" <kohnk_at_arcadia.edu>

I am stumped and wondered if you had any ideas for me.  I hope this is 
appropriate for this list, sorry if not.  Here is the problem:

I've relied heavily on Books in Print alerts for Collection Development. 
  I run a search for a particular author and then set up an RSS feed to 
alert me when anything new is published by that author.  In response to 
a survey I recently sent out about collection development, the faculty 
sent me a lot more author names to keep an eye out for, so I want to 
make new RSS feeds.

I do a search in BiP, click on the RSS icon, and try to create a feed. 
  When I go to add it to Google Reader, it does not recognize the feed. 
  (This used to work in the past but doesn't anymore.)  I tried changing 
feed readers to Bloglines.  It also doesn't recognize the feed.  I 
thought maybe I could get a feed from somewhere other than Books in 
Print, so I tried Amazon but they don't let you create an RSS feed from 
the results of a search.  The Library of Congress catalog does not 
either, and neither does WorldCat.

I contacted both Books in Print and Bloglines asking if they had 
suggestions and I haven't heard back yet.

Can you think of any other way I can get alerts when a specific author 
publishes a book?

Thanks!

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/Karen Kohn/
Collection Development Manager
Education and Sociology Librarian
Landman Library
Arcadia University
450 S. Easton Road
Glenside, PA  19038
ph: 215-572-8528
fax: 215-572-0240

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