Q. How do I recommend an eBook or eAudioBook to be purchased for the Delaware Libraries' collection?

If you'd like to request a title for purchase consideration for our eBook/eAudiobook collection, we're happy to hear from you!  

First, we have to check to see if the electronic version is available for purchase.  You can do this yourself, in fact, as well as recommend that the item be ordered.  

For further information about the process of eBook purchasing, please refer to our FAQ on "finding eBooks but 0 copies are available."

In the Libby app, here is a brief summary of how it works:

• You'll find titles that aren't offered by your library/not in the Delaware Libraries OverDrive/Libby collection when:
  • You run a search and no titles in your library's collection match your search query.
  • You run a search with fewer than 100 results, and you manually turn on the "deep search" filter in the search results screen.
• You can set up a "Notify Me" smart tag for titles not offered by your library. When you tag a title with your "Notify Me" smart tag, your interest in the title is anonymously shared with all of your saved libraries.
• If a title you've tagged with your "Notify Me" smart tag is purchased, you'll get a notification and have the option to borrow it or place it on hold right away.

To recommend a title for hoopla, there are two different ways -

On a mobile device using the hoopla app:

1. Click on the cog wheel in the right hand corner of the screen
2. Click on the question mark icon in the right hand corner of the screen
3. Scroll down the page to find and click on Title Requests
4. Follow instructions to recommend a title

Logged into hoopla In a web browser:

1. Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page
2. Click on Help
3. Find and click on the box for Title Request 
4. Follow instructions to recommend a title

Though we can't guarantee a recommended title will be purchased due to budgetary constraints or publishers' restrictions, we do appreciate hearing from our patrons and hope you can use this convenient way to let us know what you'd like!  

If there is anything else we can provide to assist you, please feel free to ask.  Thank you again for using our services and supporting our libraries.  We truly appreciate it!