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WEBSITE WILL BRING AUTHORS AND LIBRARIES TOGETHER June 21, 2005, New York,
NY - The
Association of American Publishers (AAP) today announced the launch of a unique
new website, Authors @ Your Library, (www.AuthorsAtYourLibrary.org),
which for the first time will link publishers and librarians to simplify the
process of scheduling library events. Authors @ Your Library is a free online matchmaking service for
librarians who want to schedule successful author events, and for publishers
who are seeking enthusiastic audiences for their authors. The
user-friendly web site will require only a few minutes for librarians and
publishers to enter pertinent information about their libraries and authors
into the fully searchable online database. Librarians responsible for
event planning will be able to search for authors by name, title,
geographic location, tour schedules, and other items. With complete
publisher contact information provided, the database will make it easier than
ever for librarians to schedule author events. The site will enable
publishers to quickly identify opportunities for author events presented by
various libraries in different regions of the country, facilitating the process
of scheduling author tours and increasing publicity for new titles. The website was developed by AAP's Trade
Libraries Committee, which comprises the largest book publishing companies in
the United States, in partnership with organizations including the American
Library Association, Friends of Libraries U.S.A (FOLUSA), and Library Journal. A website
development team at the University of North Texas, Texas Center for Digital
knowledge, headed by William E. Moen, Ph.D., is producing the
database. More information will be available at the
FOLUSA booth (#4227) at the American Library Association Annual Conference in
Chicago's McCormick Place from June 25 through June 28. Everyone who
enters data into the system during the show will be eligible to win a tote bag
of new books - a different bag will be raffled off each day of the show. The Association of American Publishers is
the national trade organization of the U.S. book publishing industry.
AAP's more than 300 corporate members include most of the major commercial book
publishers in the United States as well as smaller and medium-sized houses,
non-profit publishers, university presses and scholarly societies. AAP members
publish hardcover and paperback books in every field including general fiction
and non‑fiction, poetry, children's books, textbooks, Bibles and other
religious works, reference works, scientific, medical, technical, professional,
scholarly books and journals, audio books, computer software, and a range of
electronic products and services. |
