"The most common titles on hold with the longest waits include The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, Theo of Golden by Allen Levi, Project Hail Mary by Andrew Weir, Heart the Lover by Lily King and Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden."
"Project Hail Mary recently had 2,802 e-book holds and 1,182 holds for print copies-that's a waitlist of nearly 4,000 across formats! Some had to wait about 15 weeks to check it out!"
"Seeing this, librarians launched immediate, no-wait access to the e-book and purchased twice as many print copies as they had for their new 'Trending Now' collection."
"Now? There are only 26 active holds on the Project Hail Mary e-book as a result."
Many library titles have extensive waitlists, with some reaching over 7,000 holds. Popular books like Project Hail Mary and others have significant demand, especially for digital versions. Libraries are taking action to reduce wait times by increasing the number of available copies and creating special collections for trending titles. For instance, Project Hail Mary had nearly 4,000 holds, but after libraries increased their print copies and offered immediate e-book access, the waitlist dropped significantly. This strategy has been previously successful with other high-demand titles.
Read at Time Out New York
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