Author-istas: do you get any benefit (or even notification) if your book is popular like whoa at libraries? Like if my wee little local library buys one copy of your book, is that it for you even if if there are 100+ holds where different readers are waiting for it? Or just if the library buys more copies?
I would be there right now.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
erin_obscure - Dec 30, 2010 7:58:42 am PST #13349 of 28282
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Amy - Dec 30, 2010 8:00:48 am PST #13350 of 28282
Because books.
There are ways to find out which libraries are buying your book, but no one lets you know about holds or anything, no.
Barb - Dec 30, 2010 8:07:19 am PST #13351 of 28282
“Not dead yet!”
Nope, the best you can do is get on World Cat and check which libraries have the book. I can't remember if they tell you how many copies they have-- don't think so, but at least you know who has them.
ETA: If you get on World Cat and check the individual libraries, you can, depending on how the library lists their catalog, see how many copies are at any given branch and whether there's a hold or they're checked out. However, I haven't seen anything yet referring to actual number of holds.
flea - Dec 30, 2010 8:33:36 am PST #13352 of 28282
information libertarian
Libraries will tend to buy another copy, though, if they have a zillion holds on stuff. (Within reason - the tiny town public library I volunteered at bought 6 copies of new Harry Potters, and still had a zillion holds.)
megan walker - Dec 30, 2010 9:11:33 am PST #13353 of 28282
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Amy, the challenge has begun: The Great Unread.
Strix - Dec 30, 2010 9:25:35 am PST #13354 of 28282
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
What the name or author of those books, set in England with the skeleton hero and the girl who inherits her uncles estate and becomes his magical apprentice? They're recent, and Teppy reads then. Jack Skellington? RRRR, I can't remember!
sumi - Dec 30, 2010 9:25:57 am PST #13355 of 28282
Art Crawl!!!
A new edition of the A Game of Thrones ebook is available in the UK - according to the Wertzone.
Amy - Dec 30, 2010 9:28:22 am PST #13356 of 28282
Because books.
Excellent, megan!
Erin, I think it's Skulduggery Pleasant.
Strix - Dec 30, 2010 9:29:48 am PST #13357 of 28282
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
OMG thank you! That has been bugging the HELL out of me!
DawnK - Dec 30, 2010 9:35:44 am PST #13358 of 28282
giraffe mode
Skulduggery Pleasant
It is! And they are awesome!