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Krazykiwi · 03-04-2017, 07:07 AM

Sorry to follow myself up.

You mention wanting to get into libraries: This is almost impossible for an indie-published ebook, because libraries use 3M or Overdrive, and good luck getting into their catalogues. It's technically possible, but in reality, most librarians can't see those books: http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/0...theyre-ghetto/ (article is a couple of years old, but nothing has changed in that situation.)

If you want to be on the shelves in a library, you'll need to provide POD paperback at least, possibly even hardcover, and provide extended distribution via whoever you get to do that so that you even show up in the catalogues that librarians purchase from.

Also, with a reference boko, you'll want to seriously consider getting a CIP in the frontmatter. Librarians are time-pressed, budget-driven, and overworked. If you don't have a CIP, the book needs hand cataloguing, and it'll go on a pile in a corner until someone gets to it, but with a CIP it's a much easier job.

https://www.loc.gov/publish/cip/techinfo/cipdata.html

If your book is in the LOC, they do it for you, if not you'll have to get a professional to do that part. Almost everyone I know uses Quality Books for that, and it costs $100 (http://www.quality-books.com/pcip.htm) but I expect there are other cataloguers around.

03-04-2017, 07:07 AM	#10
Krazykiwi Zealot Posts: 137 Karma: 2156958 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Too many random androids to list	Sorry to follow myself up. You mention wanting to get into libraries: This is almost impossible for an indie-published ebook, because libraries use 3M or Overdrive, and good luck getting into their catalogues. It's technically possible, but in reality, most librarians can't see those books: http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/0...theyre-ghetto/ (article is a couple of years old, but nothing has changed in that situation.) If you want to be on the shelves in a library, you'll need to provide POD paperback at least, possibly even hardcover, and provide extended distribution via whoever you get to do that so that you even show up in the catalogues that librarians purchase from. Also, with a reference boko, you'll want to seriously consider getting a CIP in the frontmatter. Librarians are time-pressed, budget-driven, and overworked. If you don't have a CIP, the book needs hand cataloguing, and it'll go on a pile in a corner until someone gets to it, but with a CIP it's a much easier job. https://www.loc.gov/publish/cip/techinfo/cipdata.html If your book is in the LOC, they do it for you, if not you'll have to get a professional to do that part. Almost everyone I know uses Quality Books for that, and it costs $100 (http://www.quality-books.com/pcip.htm) but I expect there are other cataloguers around.