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anamardoll · 03-02-2012, 09:20 AM

Does anyone know of a way to get indie e-books into public libraries?

I contacted Overdrive and was told that I "didn't have enough titles" to join their publisher groups. Fine, that was to be expected. How many titles would I need? 5? 10? 50? They wouldn't tell me.

Overdrive routed me to Constellation and IPG as ways to get into their library. Constellation told me they don't work with indie authors, and IPG has not answered my emails, but given that they apparently also insist on having control of the pricing (and they favor $10 points where I favor $2.99 points) and they apparently insist on being your distributer everywhere, and they have been banned from the Amazon store... I'm not too keen to sign up with them even if they were returning my emails.

And, of course, there's the Amazon Lending Library which (a) isn't what I'm talking about -- I'm asking about public libraries -- and (b) is only available to Amazon exclusive titles, which I don't want to do.

Anyone know a way to get into public libraries? I'd like to know if there's a grass-roots Indie Consortium that has gotten into Overdrive or something.

03-02-2012, 09:20 AM	#1
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	Library Does anyone know of a way to get indie e-books into public libraries? I contacted Overdrive and was told that I "didn't have enough titles" to join their publisher groups. Fine, that was to be expected. How many titles would I need? 5? 10? 50? They wouldn't tell me. Overdrive routed me to Constellation and IPG as ways to get into their library. Constellation told me they don't work with indie authors, and IPG has not answered my emails, but given that they apparently also insist on having control of the pricing (and they favor $10 points where I favor $2.99 points) and they apparently insist on being your distributer everywhere, and they have been banned from the Amazon store... I'm not too keen to sign up with them even if they were returning my emails. And, of course, there's the Amazon Lending Library which (a) isn't what I'm talking about -- I'm asking about public libraries -- and (b) is only available to Amazon exclusive titles, which I don't want to do. Anyone know a way to get into public libraries? I'd like to know if there's a grass-roots Indie Consortium that has gotten into Overdrive or something.