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Mandi L Abrahams's avatar

Maybe part of the answer, get more local libraries to put copies on their shelves and promote you as a local author. The income gives you a solid idea of number of borrowers. Libraries are doing well in the face of decreasing amounts of disposable income and ever more good stuff to read. I found this:

https://readingcaffienated.com/2023/07/01/a-literary-showdown-comparing-reading-apps-goodreads-storygraph-fable-and-uncover/

Can't wait to have my themes and moods filtered for me! So much time spent on apps and blogs, we still have to make time to read the books. A good way is to avoid the telly!

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James Marshall's avatar

"get more local libraries to put copies on their shelves and promote you as a local author." I gave them 10 copies, they returned 6. The librarians at my local library didn't even know my book was on their shelves...

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Mandi L Abrahams's avatar

Sorry to hear that

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