Make a Purchase Suggestion for the Library

If there is a new item that Manatee Library does not own and you would like to recommend that it is purchased for the Library's collection, please fill out the Library Purchase Suggestion form. Please note that works by authors that are part of our standing order (popular authors whose books we automatically order) will not be eligible as a suggested purchase. Popular authors on standing order include but are not limited to: James Patterson, John Grisham, David Baldacci, Sandra Brown, Danielle Steel, Vince Flynn, Nora Roberts, Jeffrey Archer, C.J. Box, Lisa Gardner, Harlan Coben, Michael Connelly, and Janet Evanovich. Check the catalog regularly for when titles by standing order authors are "on-order" so that you may place a hold on them.

Visit Libby to place holds on eBooks and eAudiobooks, and use the Notify Me feature to alert us of titles you’d like to see added.  

All suggestions will be considered based upon cost, item format, publication date (items less than one year old), availability, and suitability to a public library's collection including, but not limited to, these factors: current usefulness, permanent value, popular demand, newsworthiness, high standard of quality, critical reviews, and reputation and authority of the publisher, author, or producer.