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My library ordered an erotica title by mistake. Now we have 15 holds on it (before it's arrived) and are trying to figure out what to do. -- nm

Posted by mara Mar 14 '12, 13:29

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Stern librarian gaze at everyone who checks it out. -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 13:50 4
- While shaking your head and tsking. -- nm - spamlet Mar 14, 13:51 3
  - Or nodding your head and winking. nm - Dignan Mar 14, 13:59 2
    - passes a note with cell phone number -- nm - groiny si Mar 14, 14:00
    - "Page thirty four." (whispered) -- nm - Max Mar 14, 13:59
Does the library have a "no erotica" policy for collection development? -- nm - ty97 Mar 14, 13:41 5
- Found it in the written policy: "We do not purchase titles clearly advertised as erotica." -- nm - mara Mar 14, 13:48
- Yes. -- nm - mara Mar 14, 13:45 3
  - I presumed. (I know many libraries do). How do you determine what is/not erotica? - ty97 Mar 14, 13:47 2
    - It's pretty blurry, but I added above the only criteria I found -- how it's advertised. -- nm - mara Mar 14, 13:48 1
      - they'll just take it out of your salary...put them on ebay..you got volume discount? -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 13:51
let's try and guess the title! I say - CQ: Spring In My Step Mar 14, 13:38 9
- Bilight. nm - Dignan Mar 14, 14:00
- sara -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 13:47 1
  - sfek...nailin palin, the collega years -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 13:48
- there was this elmore leonard book i got at thr library that was unabashed porno in a mystery setting -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 13:45
- A Million Little Penises. -- nm - Reagen Mar 14, 13:42
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Likes It In The Ass -- nm - TFox Mar 14, 13:39 1
  - the bum diaries -- nm - zeitgeist Mar 14, 13:49
- I guess - Shades of Grey - Epiphany Mar 14, 13:38 1
  - a-hole :) -- nm - CQ: Spring In My Step Mar 14, 13:42
No refunds! -- nm - Qale, Erotica Author Mar 14, 13:34
ooh - what's the title? -- nm - Diva Mar 14, 13:34 23
- 50 Shades of Gray. A review: -- (link) - mara Mar 14, 13:35 22
  - hmph, i tried to put it on hold at my library, they don't have it either. -- nm - Andie Mar 14, 13:47 3
    - hussy -- nm - pixitude Mar 14, 14:12 2
      - it's all the rage! i need it for pop cultural completionism! - Andie Mar 14, 14:22 1
        
        "Sex" was published by Warner Books. Libraries put a *lot* of stock in the publisher. -- nm - mara Mar 14, 14:25
  - That sounds so insanely dull. -- nm - Qale Mar 14, 13:42
  - send all the hold people a bottle of clariol for their trouble -- nm - Epiphany Mar 14, 13:38
  - Bring it. -- nm - Liam Neeson Mar 14, 13:37
  - oh - i know what this one is without clicking. And it was profiled on the Today Show a little over a week ago. - Diva Mar 14, 13:37 14
    - It was in the NYT as well as the new hot thing among moms. -- nm - spamlet Mar 14, 13:51
    - I saw an article on this too. Apparently they are Twilight-esqe but racy. Hugely popular in Australia. -- nm - MDH Mar 14, 13:39 12
      - how is this trilogy considered Twilight-esque? - Diva Mar 14, 13:42 10
        
        iirc, it started as fan-fic. -- nm - b. Mar 14, 13:45
        
        It started out as Twilight fanfic, then was changed for publication. -- nm - mara Mar 14, 13:43 8
        
        hm - interesting. -- nm - Diva Mar 14, 13:44 7
        
        I think it's interesting that this and that book that's reportedly a thing with UES-type wives are both popular at the same time. this one apparently - b. Mar 14, 13:49 6
        
        see - I thought the 'Beauty' books were pretty boring. -- nm - Diva Mar 14, 13:56 5
        
        *gasp* they were plodding but well written - hell there was no actual sex in most of the 1st one - Epiphany Mar 14, 13:58 4
        
        yep. it was the writing I was referring to, mostly; but the rest is decent enough... - b. Mar 14, 14:16
        
        perhaps I need to revisit. -- nm - Diva Mar 14, 14:00
        
        *makes notes to start with book 2* -- nm - Beaker Mar 14, 13:59 1
        
        this -- nm - Diva Mar 14, 14:00
      - i'm sure wiggums has something to do with it -- nm - pixitude Mar 14, 13:40
Put it out! -- nm - Remlik Mar 14, 13:33
"Wait, this isn't the very hungry caterpillar!" -- nm - oblique Mar 14, 13:32
The Pervert Games -- nm - pixitude Mar 14, 13:31
Watch it to see hbow good it is -- nm - Bacon, via droid Mar 14, 13:31 2
- *stares at the book waiting for it to do something* - Redmond si Mar 14, 13:32 1
  - *jams dick in book, howls in pain* -- nm - Redmond si Mar 14, 13:38
send it back, cancel holds? -- nm - TFox Mar 14, 13:31 3
- That's what's likely, but I wonder if we should notify the customers with holds. -- nm - mara Mar 14, 13:32 2
  - Seems like it would invite questions. If it disappears from the catalog, won't most just assume it was added in error and move on with their life? -- nm - TFox Mar 14, 13:36 1
    - Well, we get a lot of "I put a book on hold several months ago and never got a call. What's up with that?" It's not that it's a hard question to - mara Mar 14, 13:39
stacks scavenger hunt. -- nm - Max Mar 14, 13:30

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