TY - BOOK ID - 61123180 TI - Self-Publishing and Collection Development : Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries PY - 2015 SN - 1557539685 1612494439 1612494420 PB - USA Purdue University Press DB - UniCat KW - Collection development (Libraries) KW - Acquisition of privately printed books. KW - Privately printed books KW - Collection building (Libraries) KW - Libraries KW - Library collection development KW - Collection management (Libraries) KW - Acquisitions (Libraries) KW - Collection development KW - Information Science KW - Academic library KW - Amazon (company) KW - E-book KW - Public library KW - Publishing KW - Self-publishing KW - Smashwords KW - Self-publishing. KW - Libraries and publishing. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61123180 AB - "The current publishing environment has experienced a drastic change in the way content is created, delivered, and acquired, particularly for libraries. With the increasing importance of digital publishing, more than half the titles published in the United States are self-published. With this growth in self-published materials, librarians, publishers, and vendors have been forced to rethink channels of production, distribution, and access as it applies to the new content. Self-Publishing and Collection Development: Opportunities and Challenges for Libraries will address multiple aspects of how public and academic libraries can deal with the increase in self-published titles"-- ER -