Holley, Robert P. (ed.). Self-Publishing and Collection Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries. Purdue University Press, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-55753-721-8
Description
As the term “traditional publishing” begins to fade and new content producers join the conversation, librarians, publishers, and vendors will play an important role in facilitating and managing the shift. This book includes essays on reviewing sources, cataloging and bibliographic control, and vendor issues. Information addressing public libraries issues will highlight initiatives to make self-published materials available at the Los Gatos Public Library in California and the Kent District Library in Michigan. Essays on academic library issues will address why self-published materials are important for academic institutions, especially those with comprehensive collecting interests. Several self-published authors focus on how they attempt to make their works more suitable for public libraries.
Table of Contents
Introduction / Robert P. Holley, Wayne State University
E-book self-publishing and the Los Gatos Library: a case study / Henry Bankhead, Los Gatos Library
Supporting self-publishing and local authors: from challenge to opportunity / Melissa DeWild and Morgan Jarema, Kent District Library
Do large academic libraries purchase self-published books to add to their collections? / Kay Ann Cassell, Rutgers University
Why academic libraries should consider acquiring self-published books / Robert P. Holley, Wayne State University
Digital authoring, electronic scholarship, and libraries: from walled garden to wilderness / Donald Beagle, Belmont Abbey College
Book vendors and self-publishing / Bob Nardini, Proquest Books
Ingram and independent publishing / Robin Cutler, Ingram Content Group
Review sources of interest to librarians for independently published books / Eleanor I. Cook, East Carolina University
Self-publishing and bibliographic control / Robert P. Holley, Wayne State University
Self-publishing and libraries: the slush pile is the platform / Tom Bruno, Yale University
An indie author in a library world / Altonya Washington, Livingstone College
The romance of self-publishing / Elizabeth Nelson, McHenry County College
Alacrity House Publishing / Frankie l. Colton, Alacrity House Publishing
Self-publishing: a bibliographic essay / Joseph D. Grobelny, Front Range Community College
