Big news from library land: ALA is launching their Libraries Transform Book Pick, a new digital reading program in collaboration with Rakuten OverDrive, which connects readers nationwide by offering free access to the same ebook through their public libraries. We are very excited to share the news that their first selection is
After the Flood by Kassandra Montag!
The ebook will be available with no waitlists or holds from October 7-21, 2019. Public libraries in the U.S. already partnering with OverDrive can lend ebook copies of After the Flood at no cost during the two-week program. Readers will only need a library card and the Libby app to download a copy.
To help public libraries promote the program and encourage checkouts, free marketing resources are available, including a flyer template, social media graphics, a sample press release, and more. (Registration is required but the tools are free.)
A discussion guide and other materials for libraries to fuel discussion about the book are also available!
Click here to read an exclusive interview with author Kassandra Montag!
For more information and resources, please visit the I Love Libraries website or join the conversation online using the hashtag #LTBookPick.
A note from Donna Seaman, the Booklist editor who helped select After the Flood: "As we pondered the criteria for the Libraries Transform Book Pick, we found ourselves––and by 'we' I’m referring to myself, Senior Editor Susan Maguire and Associate Editor Annie Bostrom––galvanized by how the overarching theme of transformation is manifest in such totality and so very dramatically in Kassandra Montag's After the Flood, a speculative epic set in a world ravaged by climate change. We also felt that the strong women protagonists in this tale of a mother’s quest for a lost daughter made for exciting reading, as does Montag's skill in provoking us to think about timely issues as she holds us rapt with the timeless thrills of heroism, adventure, and suspense. After the Flood is an ideal catalyst for lively and probing book-club discussions."