St. Louis County Library will give a helping hand to aspiring authors with the launch of Self-e beginning in October. SELF-e lets unpublished authors submit their completed books and makes them available via St. Louis County Library’s website. Anyone interested in getting their work out there can take advantage of this new, free service. The launch coincides with National Novel Writing Month, which begins in November.
Writers interested in submitting their work should visit www.slcl.org/self-e and click on the terms of agreement. After agreeing to the terms, authors are ready to submit their book by uploading an electronic file (PDF or ePUB 2 or 3 format.) Authors will be asked to supply some basic information about their submission which will be used to help readers search and find their book in the SLCL catalog.
Once a submission is complete, Library Journal (LJ) will examine the files to make sure they are in proper order. When a book becomes available to the public, the author will receive an email message from LJ.
Please visit the SELF-e FAQ page to learn more.
SELF-e is a collaboration between BiblioBoard and Library Journal. Staff at Library Journal evaluate submissions from SELF-e participating libraries. If selected by Library Journal, a book may appear in highlighted collections accessible throughout the United States. If not selected for Library Journal’s SELF-e Select collection, the title can be added to the Indie Missouri collection, available to all participating Missouri libraries.
To learn more about SLCL’s Self-e project, please visit www.slcl.org/self-e or call 314-994-3300.
