One quick question for librarians
Would you buy (or do you believe others would buy) The Mythical Average Library: Dealing with Numbers?
Quick description: Looking at problems with statistics, misleading graphs, and so on; exposing the real complexity of public and academic libraries and how it’s masked in aggregate reporting; making sense of library numbers–and presenting them fairly.
Comments here or email to waltcrawford@gmail.com.
If you want to add more than just “Yes” or “No”–e.g., “Not if it’s more than $15″ or “Only if it’s an ebook”–please do.
[There are really three questions, if you want to get detailed:
1. Is this a book that one of the major library publishers would find worth publishing?
2. Is this a book that could be sold via self-publishing?
3. Am I an appropriate person to consider doing this, which may influence 1 & 2?]
Thanks!
February 8th, 2013 at 10:21 am
Walt, I think my answer is yes. This is a topic on which I have a lot of interest and not a huge amount of knowledge. But it fits closely with new job responsibilities.
February 8th, 2013 at 10:26 am
Thanks for the response.
February 8th, 2013 at 7:30 pm
Yes, a thousand times yes. Prefer self-published ebook.
1. Is this a book that one of the major library publishers would find worth publishing?
Probably.
2. Is this a book that could be sold via self-publishing?
Definitely yes.
3. Am I an appropriate person to consider doing this, which may influence 1 & 2?]
I don’t know but I’m guessing from mere fact that you bring it up that yes, indeed, you are the appropriate person to do this.
February 8th, 2013 at 8:01 pm
Again, thanks. It’s a tough question–but also something I’d like to do in some ways. More comments?