National Library Lover’s Month (and More) is Coming Up in February

by Penny Sansevieri | Jan 5, 2023 | Monthly Observances & Content Ideas, Social Media for Authors

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National Library Lover’s Month is a favorite of ours at AME, we’ve done a number of blog posts and podcast episodes dedicated to helping authors find creative ways to work with their local libraries, and enhance their local promotions and sales.

According to the website National Day Calendar:

National Library Lover’s Month in February is dedicated to the people who love whole buildings devoted to reading, housing, organizing, categorizing, finding, studying, and otherwise loving books.

Libraries provide educational entertainment for kids of all ages.
Many communities rely on their libraries for meeting space for public forums, socials, fundraisers, and classes.
They provide resources for researching family and community heritage.
Libraries lend other media like movies and music.
They offer digital resources for the entire community to use.

Many libraries provide rotating art displays that give local artists exposure to the community, and often go all out to create special events throughout the year.

Larger libraries also provide preservation services, caring for some of the most treasured books, periodicals, and documents for future generations.

As authors we know book marketing and promotion really isn’t supposed to stop, it’s a year-round job even if we’re not always excelling at it, so I say, don’t waste the opportunities libraries can create for you.

If we don’t take advantage of what’s practically being handed to us, we shouldn’t really complain about our lack of exposure or sales!

Clever Ways to Get Involved

Below are a few ways you can really make the most of National Library Lover’s Month, and a handful of other really fun holidays.

And the best part, these are book marketing strategies and promotions that will serve you well beyond February!

And I encourage you to share the graphic or send this post to your author colleagues, especially other local authors in your area that you can potentially collaborate with. Don’t know any yet? Your local library can help you with that too. See how it’s all connected? It’s a beautiful thing!

Let me know what other ideas you have in the comments!

national library lovers month

Anyone who’s followed our blog or podcast for awhile now knows we’re big fans of using monthly observances and other wacky, fun or thoughtful holidays to inspire your marketing efforts, and National Book Blitz Month is no exception.

Book marketing can be challenging enough, and it just gets harder if you try to reinvent the wheel every month – so do yourself a favor and start tapping into events and celebrations that come with some built in buzz!