The Panorama Project is delighted to announce the latest Panorama Picks which showcase recent Adult Fiction, Adult Nonfiction, and Young Adult titles with the highest unmet demand in America’s public libraries. The nine regional lists, one for 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 is a valued 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.

Noted Daniel Albohn, Panorama’s Project Lead, “We’re very fortunate to have access to significant data that represents the circulation of e-books through public libraries. While there are a plethora of book lists and industry reports, none can offer this timely and statistically significant view into the circulation of e-books. Panorama Picks serves as a reliable and complementary resource offering insights to all industry stakeholders, and we are pleased to make them freely available to authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, librarians and book lovers everywhere. As always, I welcome recommendations from all beneficiaries to improve or expand upon our initiative.”

The new lists measure public library activity from July 2021 through September 2021 and feature books published from July 2020 through March 2021.

The Panorama Project is pleased to announce 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 the eight regions of the American Booksellers Association plus Hawaii, feature 25 titles in each category and reflect the overlapping and unique interests of readers from across the country.

Panorama Picks are unique from other lists in that they are derived from anonymized hold list data for e-books from public libraries throughout the United States. The resulting lists of recently published titles have notably longer wait times for local library patrons and this unmet demand represents sales potential for booksellers as well as opportunities for author events, read-alikes, and special promotions.

In a fitting way to conclude “June Is Audiobook Month”, the Audio Publishers Association (APA) hosted a webinar with Dr. Rachel Noorda and Dr. Kathi Inman Berens, the lead researchers and authors of Immersive Media & Books 2020, published earlier this year by the Panorama Project.

“The APA was delighted to see the audiobook findings that are so relevant to our members”, states Executive Director Michele Cobb, who emphasized that “2020 was a banner year for audiobooks with over 71,000 titles published and the ninth year of double-digit sales growth.”

The Panorama Project is pleased to announce 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 the eight regions of the American Booksellers Association plus Hawaii, feature 25 titles in each category and reflect the overlapping and unique interests of readers from across the country.

Panorama Picks are unique from other lists in that they are derived from anonymized hold list data for e-books from public libraries throughout the United States. The resulting lists of recently published titles have notably longer wait times for local library patrons and this unmet demand represents sales potential for booksellers as well as opportunities for author events, read-alikes, and special promotions

The Panorama Project is pleased to announce 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 feature 25 titles in each category.

Panorama Picks are unique from other lists in that they are derived from anonymized hold list data for e-books from public libraries throughout the United States. The resulting lists of recently published titles have notably longer wait times for local library patrons. This unmet demand represents sales potential for booksellers as well as opportunities for author events, read-alikes, and special promotions. In the Panorama Project’s recently released report, “Immersive Media & Books 2020”, nearly 40% of respondents to the survey indicated that they had bought a book either on-line or from a bookstore when the book was not available from their local library.