In the «ABCs of eBook Discovery,» Head of Readers» Advisory for the Darien Public Library Stephanie Anderson sounded a note that would resound throughout the discussion when she said that these days, ebook discovery is more about patrons discovering the fact that their library HAS ebooks, and how to borrow and read them, than it is about
discovering particular titles, and «does that count?»
Not exact matches
What was
discovered was that for this
particular high - tech solution,
title and role meant very little.
Blood, Pain, and Pleasure in
particular may give the wrong impression about the novel's content, and I hate the thought that potential readers may be turned off by the
title and never get to
discover Merle and Rhun's story.
But on the other hand, having contact information from readers who express an interest in a
particular title or genre is valuable information for
discovering what the audience wants to read, so potential for losing an ebook sale is outweighed by gaining a customer.
In order to overcome obscurity and be
discovered, authors can use the principles of search engine optimization when writing text for their websites, and independent authors in
particular can participate in Google's book search program, which indexes books» entire contents to make the
titles easier to find via search engines, as well as making the books searchable.
Pay
particular attention to the methods by which they may
discover a book
title and note these down.
One of the things a
title company does in their
title search is
discover these
particular items, so you should know about them in advance of your closing date.