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{"id":9829,"date":"2017-08-02T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buildbookbuzz.com\/?p=9829"},"modified":"2023-12-07T21:36:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T21:36:36","slug":"library-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandra.oddjar.com\/library-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"Is library distribution in your book’s future?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amy Collins, my friend in real life (who lives near me so I get to see her all the time!), is the former director of sales at Adams Media and special sales director for its parent company, F+W Media. In 2006, she started the successful book sales and marketing company,\u00a0New Shelves Books<\/a>.\u00a0Over the years, she has sold to Barnes & Noble, Target, Costco, Borders, Books-A-Million, and Wal-Mart and become a trusted partner and recommended sales consultant for some of the largest book and library retailers and wholesalers in the industry.\u00a0In the past 20 years, Amy has sold more than three million books into the bookstore, library, and chain store markets for small and mid-sized publishers. Amy and her training partner recently presented a free training session for Build Book Buzz on how to sell to libraries; watch the video replay for “Sell Your Book to 1000s of Libraries<\/a>” here.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Is library distribution in your book’s future?<\/h2>\n

By Amy Collins<\/strong><\/p>\n

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As we turn our attention to back to school and stores fill up with autumn displays, this\u00a0is\u00a0a great time to create and launch your plans to get library distribution for the rest of 2017 and into 2018.<\/p>\n

Most librarians are looking for books like yours — presuming it’s a good book. According to the Public Library Association 2016 survey of more than 5,800 librarians, more than 90 percent said they\u00a0do buy print-on-demand \u2013 POD \u2013 and self-published books.<\/p>\n

Library budgets are up<\/h2>\n

Unlike a lot of the market, budgets and traffic at public libraries are increasing<\/em>. Budgets for book purchases have been increasing for the past three years according to the Library Journal<\/em> and American Library Association Materials Survey. And, the Public Library Association reports that foot traffic at public libraries has increased 6.5 percent over the past year.\"library<\/a><\/p>\n

Smart authors and publishers are using this steady growth to find new readers and increase their sales. Libraries attract avid, enthusiastic readers, making them the best place for these rabid book fans to find their next favorite author (you?).<\/p>\n

Library book purchases are almost always non-returnable. What’s more, getting books onto the shelves of the almost 12.000 public libraries is an amazing way to promote your book to the most sought after readers in the world.<\/p>\n

Library distribution can be profitable for you<\/h2>\n

But it\u2019s more than placement and marketing for authors. Libraries are incredibly profitable. They buy books and share book information with other branches that will then buy even more<\/em> of your books. Paperbacks are the most popular format, but e-books and audiobooks are growing at a wonderful rate.<\/p>\n

According to the Library Journal<\/em> and American Library Association Materials Survey for 2017, money budgeted for book and material purchases rose 3.7 percent. Over half of the responding libraries\u201458 percent\u2014budgeted an increase in materials dollars.<\/p>\n

Here are the\u00a0budget and population breakdowns for 2016. (Learn more in\u00a0Library Journal\u2019s<\/em> Materials Survey results article<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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Media materials purchases and borrow rates are going up, with downloadable e-books leading the way.<\/p>\n

Popular categories<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s not just the format of the book or e-book that librarians are looking for. The order of the top 10 fiction genres has remained constant over the past three years. Mystery, general fiction, and romance still lead the pack. (Not at all coincidentally, those are some of the top e-book categories across all sales channels in the industry.) Cooking and biography\/memoir were the top categories in 2014, 2015, and again in 2016.\"library<\/a><\/p>\n

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Do you know how to sell to libraries?<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s time to stop merely thinking about getting your book into libraries and start creating your public library plan so you’ve got library distribution.<\/p>\n

The key to getting onto their shelves is understanding what librarians are looking for. It’s important to understand that:<\/p>\n

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  1. Libraries\u00a0license e-books\u00a0<\/strong>(which means repeat income).<\/li>\n
  2. Libraries\u00a0will buy books from\u00a0self-published\u00a0<\/strong>and indie authors (which means this lucrative market is open to all).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Watch the free video training on how to sell to libraries<\/a> and discover:<\/p>\n