How BookAmor Turns a Starting Title into Discovery

From one familiar title to a full advisory experience.

BookAmor helps patrons begin with something familiar, then move outward into organized, library-branded discovery.

A patron starts with a seed title or example, chooses a format, selects the experience and age band, and receives structured recommendations with brief notes explaining why each item may fit.

BookAmor does not replace your catalog or determine item availability. It creates an advisory experience, then sends patrons back to your catalog when they are ready to look for an item.

No patron accounts. No saved reading histories. Just discovery.

Start with a Familiar Title

Many advisory conversations begin with a simple statement:

BookAmor gives patrons and staff a clear starting point. A patron can enter a title or use a starter example, then choose the format they want to explore.

This is useful when a patron knows what they liked but does not know what to search for next.

Choose the Format, Experience, and Age Band

BookAmor lets the patron or staff member shape the request before recommendations are generated.

Depending on the configuration, users can select:

• Format: such as book, eBook, audiobook, video, music, magazines, or video game
• Experience: such as Adult or Kids
• Age band: such as kid, tween, or teen where appropriate

This helps BookAmor frame recommendations around the intended audience and discovery context.

Get Organized Recommendation Sections

BookAmor does not return only a single flat list.

Instead, it organizes results into themed sections, such as thematically similar works, similar voice or experience, same author or series, next steps, or hidden gems.

These sections help patrons and staff understand different ways a title can lead to another recommendation.

Understand Why Each Item Fits

Each recommendation includes a brief explanatory note.

These notes are designed to help patrons and staff understand the connection between the starting title and the suggested item. They can mention elements such as tone, subject, voice, theme, audience level, or reading experience.

This makes the results more useful than a bare title list. It gives staff language for a recommendation conversation and gives patrons a reason to try something new.

Copy, Print, or Share the Results

BookAmor is designed to be useful at the desk, in the stacks, and in staff workflows.

Results can include options to:

• Copy an individual title
• Copy a section
• Copy all recommendations
• Print the page

This makes it easier for staff to move recommendations into email, printed handouts, internal notes, catalog records, displays, or other library workflows.

Send Patrons Back to the Catalog

Discovery should lead somewhere useful.

BookAmor includes Find in Library links that send patrons from a recommendation back into your library’s catalog.

BookAmor’s role is to make discovery easier, then connect that discovery back to your library.

Generate a Book Discussion Guide

A title can become more than a recommendation. It can become a book club meeting, a teen program, a classroom partnership, or a staff-prepared discussion resource.

BookAmor can generate printable book discussion guides in PDF format.

Guide options may include:

• Standard guide
• Educator edition
• One-page quick guide
• Accessibility notes
• Educator questions
• Spoilers-allowed section for deeper post-reading discussion

This gives staff a practical way to turn a title into a program, handout, or discussion resource.

Use the AI Reading Aide

Some patrons and staff may want to go beyond the first set of recommendations.

BookAmor includes an optional AI reading aide, allowing users to ask follow-up questions or get additional help within the advisory experience.

Support Patrons Across Ages and Formats

BookAmor supports discovery across:

• Books
• eBooks
• Audiobooks
• Movies
• TV
• Music
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• Video games

It also supports advisory experiences for adults, kids, tweens, and teens, helping libraries make more of their collection visible to more of their community.

Built for Library Values

BookAmor is designed around a simple idea: patrons should be able to explore without being tracked.

✔ No required patron accounts

Patrons can begin exploring without usernames, passwords, saved profiles, or reading histories.

✔ Anonymous usage statistics

Libraries can receive useful activity data, but BookAmor is not built around patron profiles.

✔ Library-branded discovery

BookAmor is branded for your library, connected to your catalog, and designed to help patrons find their next read, watch, listen, or play.

Want to see BookAmor with your catalog?

We can usually set up a working BookAmor demo connected to your catalog, so your staff can test the experience using your own discovery environment.