How do I find my book on library distributors?

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OverDrive

OverDrive doesn’t make universal product pages for books until at least one library has bought a copy. As a result, your book will initially go live on OverDrive without a product page or link. (Libraries will be able to see your book, but readers on OverDrive won’t.)

After a library buys your book, OverDrive will make the product page, which you can find by following these steps:

  1. Go to www.overdrive.com
  2. Search for your book’s title, ISBN, or author
  3. Click your book in the search results

Once there’s a product page on OverDrive, readers will be able to recommend your book to libraries. Before then, authors and readers can try contacting their libraries directly to recommend your book.

You’ll receive an email notification from Pronoun when your book goes live on OverDrive. However, since your book won’t have a product page yet, this email won’t include a link to your book there.

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Bibliotheca

Unlike other sites, Bibliotheca doesn’t make universal product pages for books. In other words, there is no Bibliotheca URL that goes to a general page for your book there.

Instead, you have to choose a library on Bibliotheca cloudLibrary before you can view books:

  1. Go to www.yourcloudlibrary.com
  2. Find your local library
  3. Search for your book title
  4. If your book doesn’t appear in the results, click Filters > Suggestions for library
  5. Click your book cover to view its listing

(If you click “View book URL” next to your book in the results, you can copy a library-specific link to your book in that library catalog on Bibliotheca cloudLibrary. This link will only allow readers to see your book in that specific library system.)

You’ll receive an email notification from Pronoun when your book goes live on Bibliotheca. However, since your book won’t have a product page, this email won’t include a link to your book there.