WorldCat
Most small publishers get a kick out of discovering that a library has a copy of your book - especially when you didn't donate it yourself. With the advent of the online OCLC, we can determine which libraries actually have copies of particular titles.
The Google search function for the OCLC (see this intro page for example) is supposed to search the database and show results, right? In some cases it does. For a more thorough search, however, you have to actually go to the WorldCat site. You won't find titles I authored/edited via Google, but you will find them through WorldCat. Odd.
Anyway, cool to see that Cryptozoology: Science & Speculation (my first title published) is in 16 libraries, mostly across the country: Wheatland, WY; Sheboygan, WI; Ellsworth AFB, SD; Lexington, NC; Laie, HI; etc. A few outside the USA: Vancouver, BC; Natural History Museum (London); Maastricht, Netherlands.
The Google search function for the OCLC (see this intro page for example) is supposed to search the database and show results, right? In some cases it does. For a more thorough search, however, you have to actually go to the WorldCat site. You won't find titles I authored/edited via Google, but you will find them through WorldCat. Odd.
Anyway, cool to see that Cryptozoology: Science & Speculation (my first title published) is in 16 libraries, mostly across the country: Wheatland, WY; Sheboygan, WI; Ellsworth AFB, SD; Lexington, NC; Laie, HI; etc. A few outside the USA: Vancouver, BC; Natural History Museum (London); Maastricht, Netherlands.
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