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Originally Posted by dkperez
I keep reading here in MR that there are all these fantastic indie authors and publishers. If so, and the items from the "big 6" are unavailable or unreasonably expensive, WHY can't the libraries purchase from these other sources? I'm sure, since these excellent alternatives exist, there should be easily available information on the alternate John Sandford or James Patterson or Nora Roberts... So, library, FIND a way to get the alternative books.
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There is currently not an infrastructure in place for selling indie books to libraries. (Believe me, I'm still trying.) Overdrive doesn't allow indie publishers to join their publisher pool unless it's someone like J.A. Konrath.
The FLP library -- which I've approached about giving them a copy of my book -- also has a policy in place (if I understand them correctly) where they only accept books that have been "professionally" reviewed. Which most indies aren't.