Yes! You may request also request items before their publication date. Please note that requests submitted for titles more than 3 months prior to publication may be set to "Referred to Collection Development" status and ordered closer to the release date.  

You will receive email notifications on the status of your request.

You can find out more about our collection development guidelines here.

The Zip Books service was a grant funded program through the California State Library, the money has been spent and the service is no longer available.

We receive hundreds of suggestions each month! While we wish we were able to add every title, we’re not able to do so. The most common reason we don’t add a title to the collection is simply that it is unavailable for us to purchase through our vendors (please note, Amazon is not one of our vendors). This is particularly common for older titles (which may be out of print), or titles from small presses.

Our vendors process all our items for us, so as soon as they arrive at the library they’re already cataloged, covered, stickered, and ready to fill your hold!