Introducing libraries to EYB at ALA

July 1, 2025 by
 |  4 Comments  |  Leave Comment

In Sunday’s Food News Antipasto, Darcie wrote about our experience at the American Libraries Association (ALA) Conference this past weekend – meeting hundreds of librarians, having dinner with the authors of the upcoming stunner Heartland Masala and having fun chats with EYB members who dropped by our booth.

The reaction from librarians to our new library feature was overwhelmingly positive so we are optimistic that lots of libraries will soon be offering EYB to their patrons. If you haven’t already introduced your own library to EYB, please do. Share the QR code below or copy this link — https://bit.ly/EYBlib — so they can learn how to set up a library membership.

As well as meeting the librarian attendees I checked out all the other exhibitors. Most of the cookbook publishers were there, promoting their fall books. I met up with The Charlie Cart Project, a non-profit educating children about nutrition and cooking. Check out their site to learn more and maybe get involved. We are giving them a free EYB Library membership so the educators can access our 550,000 online recipes.

Our booth neighbors were BookBrowse, a book recommendation site for fiction and nonfiction. It’s a cool site for readers and I’m definitely checking it out as I’m always looking for new books to read. They have a guide to book clubs.

Category: Antipasto

Post a comment

4 Comments

  • SCH  on  July 2, 2025

    Wonderful! Such a great service that you are offering and i hope you had a lot of takers. I am a librarian and had to miss ALA this year – I hope to see you in 2026! I hope you had a great time and picked up some free galleys for yourselves.

    • Jane  on  July 4, 2025

      It was great – we met hundreds of librarians who seemed interested in EYB. Darcie and I felt it went well though of course the proof will be how many libraries sign up. We also met lots of EYB members who are librarians, like you SCH. I think we will definitely attend ALA in Chicago in 2026 and probably also the PLA (Public Libraries Association) conference in Minneapolis in April.

  • Tee.Tee  on  August 2, 2025

    Could you please clarify cost to libraries? Is it free or is it a 250$ fee? Thank You!

  • Tee.Tee  on  August 2, 2025

    I found the answer on a past post. Thank you.

Seen anything interesting? Let us know & we'll share it!

Categories

Archives