Panorama Picks

Panorama Project Announces Second Quarter Picks

The Panorama Project is delighted to announced the latest Panorama Picks which showcase recent Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, and Young Adult titles with the highest unmet demand in US public libraries. The nine regional lists, representing each of the eight regions represented by independent booksellers’ associations plus Hawaii, feature 25 titles in each category and illustrate both shared and unique interests of readers from across the United States.

Panorama Picks are unique from other lists in that they are derived from anonymized hold list data for eBooks from public libraries in the USA. The resulting lists of recently published titles have notably longer wait times for patrons of local libraries. This unmet demand represents sales and merchandising opportunities for booksellers and serves as a reference for collection development librarians. Given the lack of industry data and non-existent reporting on purchases of eBooks by public libraries, Panorama Picks offers insights to authors, agents and other publishing professionals looking for trends in readers’ preferences and the significant contribution of public libraries to overall sales of many individual titles.

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Latest Panorama Picks Go Beyond the Bestsellers with Regional Standouts

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The Panorama Project is pleased to announce the latest Panorama Picks which showcase recent fiction, nonfiction, and young adult titles with the highest unmet demand in US public libraries. The nine regional lists feature 25 titles in each category—185 titles in total, including 72 of which are unique to a single region (29 Adult Fiction, 27 Adult Non-Fiction, 16 Young Adult)—reflecting both the overlapping and distinctive interests of readers from across the country.

Abdi Nazemian's Like a Love Story | Panorama Picks Regional Spotlight

Novelist and screenwriter Abdi Nazemian’s 2019 YA novel, Like a Love Story, has made the Panorama Picks list twice, in two different regions—Hawaii in Q1, and the Midwest in Q2. This story of a young gay Iranian boy and his friends in 1980s New York published by HarperCollins imprint Balzer & Bray, it was a Summer 2019 IndieNext pick, 2020 Stonewall Honor award winner, and a 2020–2021 Project Lit Book Club selection. Ericka McIntyre recently spoke with Nazemian for the Panorama Project about his book, and what its popularity among library patrons might mean for other authors, booksellers, and publishers.

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Latest Panorama Picks Align with NPD BookScan Trends, Spotlight Regional Demand for Backlist

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The latest Panorama Picks have been announced by the Panorama Project, spotlighting notable recent fiction, nonfiction, and young adult ebooks with the highest unmet demand in United States public libraries. The nine regional lists feature 25 titles in each category—185 unique titles in total, including 62 of which are unique to a single region—reflecting both the overlapping and distinctive interests of readers across the country.

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Panorama Picks Spotlights Regional Differences in Anti-Racist and Social Justice Books at Public Libraries

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The Panorama Project, in collaboration with the Washington Post, has released a customized version of its Panorama Picks to spotlight a broader range of titles of interest to readers that are similar to the most frequently recommended titles on anti-racist reading lists. The nine regional lists include a total of 42 unique titles published between 2003–2020, all related to civil rights, and race and ethnic relations—reflecting the diverse interests and perspectives of readers in each region.

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Latest Panorama Picks Spotlight Unmet Demand with Unique Regional Standouts

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The latest Panorama Picks have been announced by the Panorama Project, spotlighting notable recent fiction, nonfiction, and young adult ebooks with the highest unmet demand in United States public libraries. The nine regional lists feature 25 titles in each category—189 unique titles in total, including 77 of which are unique to a single region—reflecting the diverse interests of readers across the country not always represented in national bestsellers lists or big budget marketing initiatives.

New Panorama Picks Highlight Regional Summer Sleepers; Methodology Optimized for Local Booksellers

The latest Panorama Picks have been released by the Panorama Project, spotlighting recent fiction, nonfiction, and young adult books library patrons were waiting to read in 9 different regions across the United States. The new lists measure unmet demand from July – September 2019 and reflect updated methodology designed to identify titles that are more likely to still be in booksellers’ inventory but may have fallen off the radar as their publishers’ promotional efforts faded. Some were brief national bestsellers, while others are notable midlist gems with strong regional interest.

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Join Us at ALA Annual for an Update on Current Challenges for Library Digital Lending and a First Look at the Findings from our Readers Advisory Survey

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The Panorama Project is hosting a session at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, June 23, from 1:00 - 2:00 PM (Room 152A at the Washington Conference Center). 

  • Sari Feldman (Executive Director, Cuyahoga County Library and former ALA President) will provide an update on issues regarding digital library lending.

  • Sharon Bruni (Associate Director of Public Services, Mt. Lebanon Public Library) will present the initial findings from the Project’s recent survey of Readers’ Advisory activities.

  • Becky Spratford (librarian and founder of RA for All) will present tips on how libraries can address the online and social media promotion opportunities surfaced in the initial survey results.

  • Alexis Petric-Black (Senior Manager, Publisher Relations, Rakuten OverDrive) will present Panorama Picks, our recently launched program that uses library demand data to reveal opportunities for booksellers, publishers, authors and libraries.

It’s a packed session that will engage, inform and delight. We hope to see you there!

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Our Book Expo 2019 Session on Readers’ Advisory and Panorama Picks Drew a Crowd

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Over 175 people joined us at Book Expo 2019 in New York for our session, Learn How Public Libraries Impact Title/Author Discovery and Book Sales: Data-Driven Insights from the Panorama Project. It was an engaged audience of booksellers, vendors, publishers and librarians and we received positive reviews afterward.

Bill Kelly (Adult Programming Manager, Cuyahoga County Public Library) provided an update on the breadth of U.S. public libraries and how CCPL drives sales at its author events. In 2018 over 11,000 books were sold at 93 events—by the library and its independent bookselling partner, Mac’s Backs.

Alexis Petric-Black (Senior Publisher Relations Manager, Rakuten OverDrive) introduced Panorama Picks, our new program that reveals unmet demand for books and sales opportunities for booksellers. The program provides a series of regional lists of titles compiled from the wait lists for ebooks at local libraries. The initial lists are available now. Updated lists will be published on a quarterly basis. Click here to learn more and sign-up to be notified when new lists are published.

Book Expo panel members Cliff Guren, Bill Kelly, Alexis Petric-Black and Skip Dye

Book Expo panel members Cliff Guren, Bill Kelly, Alexis Petric-Black and Skip Dye

Skip Dye (VP of Library Marketing and Digital Sales and VP of Sales Operations, Penguin Random House) closed the session with insights on how PRH works with libraries to launch new authors and titles. With the longhand belief that library patrons are key influencers, PRH actively markets to library readers, in the library, in the library’s online platforms, and on a variety of social media sites. Skip is also a big believer in the power of print promotion in libraries: he noted that he’s often surprised how long the posters they distribute to libraries stay on the walls!

Click here to view and download the session slides.