Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

There's a request to add the following audiobook:
https://www.wavesound.com.au/search?s...

Wavesound publishes audio and large print books in Australia. Like Audible, it has its own productions that are exclusive to Wavesound. Would this be an acceptable source of covers and information?

They are a publisher, but they only sell to libraries? Is that correct?

That seems to be the case.
Access to catalogues and order forms requires a user account and the login page has the following note:
"Library members are welcome to browse our website. However, the user account area is a resource for libraries, library staff and Wavesound business partners only."

That's a new one for me. I will discuss this with some colleagues. Meanwhile, please hold off on using any data from that site.

Thanks, Rivka. Will do.

Just wondering if there's any update on use of Wavesound data.

Thank you for bumping this up. (I thought I had replied once we had a resolution, but clearly I dreamed that part.)

We looked into this source a bit, and is an issue. Not only is the site subscription-only, their subscriptions are only open to libraries. So we cannot use them as a source.

However, as far as items they publish go, if a library has bought these items and listed them on their library site (and it's not one we cannot use because of Overdrive etc.), that would be fine. We would be able to use said library a source. But not this restricted publisher site.

Got it! Thanks for getting back to me.