Book Publicity: Are You Reaching Libraries?

If you are marketing your book to libraries, it can be frustrating not to know how many libraries (and which ones) have actually ordered your book as a result of your book publicity campaign. Your publisher sends you a sales report containing the number of books sold, but because of privacy laws you will never know the identity of the purchaser, or in this case, which libraries have bought your book.

Wouldn't it be great to know if your book made it to the libraries on your marketing list? Sure, you can call up every single one of them or search their online databases one by one, but now there is a better way. WorldCat is a site where you can search the holdings of thousands of libraries worldwide. Try it! Enter your book's title or just check out this sample title.