Holley, Robert P. <br/><br/>
Self-Publishing and Collection Development :  Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (198 pages) 
 - Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences Series .
 - Charleston Insights in Library, Archival, and Information Sciences Series .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction to Self-Publishing and Collection Development -- 1. E-Book Self-Publishing and the Los Gatos Library: A Case Study -- 2. Supporting Self-Publishing and Local Authors: From Challenge to Opportunity -- 3. Do Large Academic Libraries Purchase Self-Published Books to Add to Their Collections? -- 4. Why Academic Libraries Should Consider Acquiring Self-Published Books -- 5. Digital Authoring, Electronic Scholarship, and Libraries: From Walled Garden to Wilderness -- 6. Book Vendors and Self-Publishing -- 7. Ingram and Independent Publishing -- 8. Review Sources of Interest to Librarians for Independently Published Books -- 9. Self-Publishing and Bibliographic Control -- 10. Self-Publishing and Libraries: The Slush Pile Is the Platform -- 11. An Indie Author in a Library World -- 12. The Romance of Self-Publishing -- 13. Alacrity House Publishing -- 14. Self-Publishing: A Bibliographic Essay -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781612494432 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Acquisition of privately printed books.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Z692.P74.S454 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>025.2/1