Local Author Application Form

Local authors, interested in seeing your book in BPL’s collection?

If you have published a book in print format and are interested in the library adding your title to our collection, please fill out the form below to submit your title to be reviewed by our Collections Team.  Submissions are reviewed within the context of the library’s established selection criteria outlined in our Collections Policy. Titles must have an original publication date within the past three years. We consider any author who currently resides within Simcoe County to be a Local Author.

Due to the volume of submissions, we are unable to connect with authors individually, nor can we confirm whether we have decided to add the work to our collection. If the title is accepted, the item will be purchased through the library’s vendor and added to our catalogue; we do not accept donations of titles.

If your work is not already available within our vendor’s catalogue, then we will submit a request for the book to be added on your behalf. Please note that if this step is needed additional time will be required to acquire your title.

How to be considered

• Complete the form below
• If accepted, one copy of the work will be purchased for our Downtown location, unless otherwise decided by the Collections Team
• We recommend that you include additional information about your book(s), such as reviews or press releases
• BPL will only add books purchased from our vendor to the collection; books donated to the library will not be added to the collection and will become property of BPL. We are unable to return a book if we decide not to include it in our collection.
• Fill out one form per book
• Maximum of 3 submissions by any one individual in a calendar year

Any materials that are added to the library’s collection are subject to the regular evaluation process within our Collections Policy and may be removed from collection should they not fulfill the needs or interests of our community in the future. Items added by Local Authors will follow the same process and evaluation as all other library materials.