The Missing, the Lost, and the Stolen

Now and then, when I’m taking a quick break from writing, I go to WorldCat.org, the free website that catalogues books in libraries worldwide, to see if anybody’s reading my book.  Birthmarked is listed in 720 libraries.  That seems like a lot to me.  For a frame of reference, Harry Potter I (1998) is in 5,021 libraries, and Printz-winning Paolo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker (2010) is in 1625.

WorldCat.org NY Public Library, Birthmarked

One amusing thing about the site is that it organizes the libraries by distance… Continue reading →