Reviewing self-published books

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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 23:31:14 +0000
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Self-publishing is a huge endeavor these days and libraries, especially academic libraries, are not well-positioned to collect self-published works without depending on trusted review sources.

If your academic library does collect self-published materials, how to you decide what to purchase?   If you work at a Public Library, how does it work for you?

There are a number of review sources that cover self-published materials - do you use any of them and if so, which ones work best for you?

For example:  Foreword Reviews, BlueInk Review, Kirkus Indies, Indie Reader,  PW's BookLife ...

Thanks much,
Eleanor Cook


Eleanor I. Cook
Assistant Director for Discovery & Technology Services
Academic Library Services -- Joyner Library
East Carolina University
East Fifth Street
Greenville, NC 27858
252-328-2598
252-328-4834 fax
cooke_at_ecu.edu<mailto:cooke_at_ecu.edu>



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