#libraries rule

[c-is-for-circinate]

My god the utter decadence of realizing that I can access my entire library's ebook catalog, at any hour of any day, directly from my phone. I can be lying in bed at 1 AM and suddenly I have a new book as easily as clicking on a fanfic. If I don't like it I can backspace out as easily as backspacing out of a fanfic. There's zero investment cost. It's just right there. Who else is doing it like her.

[kathrynthornwood]

Did y’all know that even if you can’t buy a book, you can put in a purchase request for that book at your local library?

If they accept your request, you both feel like you have a superpower AND now you can read that book, all while helping the author! Bc libraries are the GOAT.

[snapbackdad]

My library had a screening of Back to the Future and I won these in a raffle!

[inscrutablereynard]

love the library when i discover one of my favorite movies is from a book series and my broke ass can READ THEM AAAALLLL WAAAAHAAHAHAHA

[ignis-aeternus]

I finally climbed the mountain that is The Stormlight Archive (up to this point, Stormlight 5 please come out soon)

On to Mistborn!!!!

[idiopathicsmile]

asking your library to order a book, a guide

let's say you're really excited about a book coming out soon. you want to read it and support the author but maybe you don't have a ton of disposable income because you, for instance, live in a capitalist hellscape that doesn't enforce a living wage.

perhaps, um, just for example, you want to read my upcoming YA novel Stars, Hide Your Fires, wherein a jaded thief and a mysterious revolutionary must team up to solve a mystery in space, feat. ballgowns, intrigue, banter, and a generous dash of queer romance (out july 11th!)

if you can't afford to buy a book, i would ask you to please please consider your local library. here is a tool for finding your closest lending library (u.s. only, unfortunately). this is also a gentle reminder to get a library card if you don't have one yet! libraries provide invaluable services, particularly to underserved groups, and are funded partly based on use, so you'll be supporting your community.

your library may already have ordered a copy, in which case borrowing the book is a matter of placing a hold and then waiting for it to come out. but what if you try and your local library has no plans of obtaining the volume? first of all, good on you for your ~exclusive tastes. second, you can do an author a huge favor, for free and in under five minutes, by requesting that your library order their book.

google the name of your library along with "purchase request" or "suggest a purchase." if one doesn't work, try the other.

towards the top of the results, you'll probably find a form to fill out.

in the case of my local library, what you find is an FAQ page that suggests emailing the library if they're missing something. clicking on that email ink takes you to a form.

note: they'll probably ask for your library card number, so have that handy!

it's very likely they'll ask for the ISBN so they can be sure they'll identify the right book. in the case of Stars, Hide Your Fires, you can find that info on the publisher's website. (Or I can save you the click: hardcover ISBN: 9781683693512, e-Book ISBN: 9781683693529) If you don't happen to know this, you can just google the title and author plus "ISBN" and it should come up.

submit the form and bask in the good vibes that follow.

[thistle-nightshade]

Trash panda reading challenge 2024: a book read by the author.

Nevada written and read by Imogen Binnie.

[cheshirelibrary]

Bingo!