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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, in case there are folks who don't know, you can always request that your library purchase a particular book that they don't already have.  That's a great way to drive attention to an author (even a--gasp!--z-list author like someone mentioned above).

I did this recently with a fairly new cookbook author whose book was getting a bunch of attention in social media circles, but my major regional library system (Prince George's County) didn't have the book.  I requested it, they ordered it, it showed up about a month later, and then it was checked out twice in a row before I could get my hands on it![/quote]

Another reason why people don't understand how libraries work. Many people buy other books from an author they enjoyed reading through the library, or from word of mouth based of a book someone read at a library. It's advertising.[/quote]

+1, I'm one of the people who talked about how libraries contribute to book sales as well as showing demand and interest in the author's books, but this is another good point. As someone who reads a lot and both buys and checks out tons of books, there have been many occasions when someone has recommended a book they got from the library, but when I went to reserve a copy the wait was too long, so I just bought a copy. This happens to me a dozen times a year. But if the person who originally read it had not gotten it from the library, it's very likely they would never have recommended it to me, and my book purchase would not have happened.

I don't know any writers who dislike libraries, and if they are out there, they are mistaken about the nature of their own industry.[/quote]

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