Many of these emails have been caught by the spam filter, but there are also a lot of them that were not.
While you can easily just trash these questions, I think it would be just as easy to give the one-word answer "No" and collect the statistic 😄

Doug Furiato

> On Jun 30, 2016, at 12:15 PM, Ingrid Purrenhage <Purreni@phsc.edu> wrote:
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> Greetings fellow Ask a Librarians,
>
> Out of curiosity have any of you been getting ask a librarian emails such as the
> following:
>
> June 30, 2016 Dear Library Director, Would you please consider adding the following three
> novels by August Sommers. Winter in America, Free Town, and The Rise of Caesar, as I do so
> enjoy his writing. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Ms. Janice Small
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> Questioner Information
> Name: Janice Small
> Email: jan41958@gmail.com
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> We have gotten this exact message from the same person twice. The books in question are
> self published through Amazon Createspace. I was wondering if other libraries have gotten
> the same or similar requests.
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> Feel free to reply to me off list.
>
> Ingrid
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> Ingrid Purrenhage, MLIS
> Associate Director Library
> Pasco-Hernando State College
> Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch
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> purreni@phsc.edu
> 813-527-6690
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