The Panorama Project

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In recent years, market research has confirmed that public libraries remain an important driver of reading activity, and that borrowers are also buyers, but surveys can only tell half the story. Surprisingly, there’s never been a collaborative analysis of public library circulation data to understand the actual impact they have, positive or negative—until the Panorama Project.

Using data to measure the impact more than 16,000 public libraries in the United States have on developing readers, driving book discovery, and generating book sales in their local communities and beyond is particularly timely as there’s fierce competition for every reader’s attention and discretionary spending. Publishers need to understand the complex dynamics of book discovery and sales, and where public libraries fit in their readers’ lives.

The Panorama Project is a cross-industry, collaborative research initiative committed to aggregating and analyzing data from publishers, distributors, booksellers, public libraries, library service providers, search sites, social sites and other relevant data sources, and identify ways publishers and libraries can continue to support their intrinsically related missions while delivering mutually beneficial outcomes.

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Public libraries and librarians use many approaches to connect readers at all skill levels and ages with books and authors. For decades public librarians have honed their skills in what is known in the library world as Readers’ Advisory Service—an umbrella term for the many activities that librarians use to aid readers in finding books that they will enjoy reading. Readers’ Advisory Service is basic to public libraries, even though its impact on the publishing industry has generally been ignored.

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Panorama Picks provides local booksellers with quarterly lists of under-the-radar fiction, nonfiction, and young adult backlist titles library patrons are waiting to borrow—optimized for local interest via regional groupings aligned with the American Booksellers Association’s (ABA) regional associations.

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Here are the Top Ten Panorama Picks for California in Q3:

The Rosie Result	Graeme Simsion
The Things We Cannot Say	Kelly Rimmer
American Spy	Lauren Wilkinson
My Sister, the Serial Killer	Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Other Americans	Laila Lalami
The Priory of the Orange Tree	Samantha Shannon
The Night Tiger	Yangsze Choo
A Woman Is No Man	Etaf Rum
The Island of Sea Women	Lisa See
The Only Woman in the Room	Marie Benedict

 

And the Top Ten Picks for the Midwest during the same time period:

The Things We Cannot Say	Kelly Rimmer
The Secret Orphan	Glynis Peters
The Rosie Result	Graeme Simsion
American Spy	Lauren Wilkinson
A Woman Is No Man	Etaf Rum
The Cliff House	RaeAnne Thayne
My Lovely Wife	Samantha Downing
The Only Woman in the Room	Marie Benedict
The Island of Sea Women	Lisa See
The River	Peter Heller

 

And the Top Ten Picks for the Southeast in Q3:

The Things We Cannot Say	Kelly Rimmer
American Spy	Lauren Wilkinson
A Woman Is No Man	Etaf Rum
The Island of Sea Women	Lisa See
The Only Woman in the Room	Marie Benedict
My Lovely Wife	Samantha Downing
The Priory of the Orange Tree	Samantha Shannon
The Night Tiger	Yangsze Choo
My Sister, the Serial Killer	Oyinkan Braithwaite
My Favorite Half-Night Stand	Christina Lauren

 

And, finally, the Top Ten Picks for Hawaii in Q3:

American Spy	Lauren Wilkinson
Stone Cold Heart	Laura Griffin
Polaris Rising	Jessie Mihalik
The River	Peter Heller
In Her Sights	Katie Ruggle
Any Man of Mine: A 2-in-1 Collection	Diana Palmer
The Only Woman in the Room	Marie Benedict
The Raven Tower	Ann Leckie
Bad Bachelors Bundle	Stefanie London
Deep Harbor	Fern Michaels