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Maggie Lynch currently has 31 published books and plans many more. She is a cross-genre author in adult romantic women’s fiction, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and romance. She also writes fiction for pre-teen to young adult readers. All of her stories are character-driven and portray people making heroic choices one messy moment at a time. Sign up for her email list newsletter via Substack to keep on top of all her series books, new books, options for advanced reading, giveaways and more.
In her academic career Maggie wrote four books about using, managing, and building online learning systems. She also contributed articles to many other books. Her current nonfiction focuses on helping authors become entrepreneurs and make choices that help them to be more successful in their career.
Bookstores: My books are distributed worldwide in print, ebook, and audiobook formats. I couldn’t possibly list all the outlets here. If you don’t see my book in your favorite bookstore, please be sure to check with them. It is likely my book is there or can easily be ordered.
Libraries: I’m a huge library fan and have priced my books for libraries to make it easy for them to add it to their collection. My library distribution is through Baker & Taylor, Ingram, Overdrive, Libby, Bibliotheca, Hoopla, Vivlio, Gardners, Wheelers, Palace Marketplace and many more. Libraries choose books primarily based on what their patrons want to see. If you don’t see one of my books in your local library, be sure to tell them you would like to see it in their collection. The way my books get in libraries is primarily by patrons requesting them.
Every vendor has a different schedule for how quickly they make my books available. Holidays tend to slow things down. Also, the larger the recipient (e.g., a library distributor like Overdrive) the longer it takes to get it out to all their customers. Below are averages I’ve tracked over the past three years.
Ebooks tend to be available worldwide with many different distributors within about two weeks of release. A few large bookstores with online book availability take up to four weeks–particularly outside the U.S.
Print Books in the United States tend to be available within two weeks for large bookstores with a good online ordering system. Amazon gets new print books in their catalog very quickly (2 days on average). Ingram is slower because they are going out to over 20,000 book stores and libraries. In the U.S. it is about two weeks before most stores are able to order it. Bookstores outside of the United States can take up to six weeks to be shown in a bookstore catalog. Because I’m a huge supporter of independent bookstores, all my books are available via Bookshop.org as well. From release date it is usually about two weeks before it shows up in their catalog.
Bookshop.org — Because I am a huge fan of independent bookstores, all of my books are also distributed to Bookshop.org. They usually show up in their website catalog within one week after release. Bookshop was founded to support small independent bookstores by providing them with a platform for online sales and revenue sharing in both print and ebook. Bookshop.org provides 30% of print book cover price back to the bookstore, and 100% of profit for ebooks. They also maintain a profit-pool from their own profits for returning to affiliate bookstores every year.
Audiobooks. The goal is to have an audiobook released between 6 months to a year after the print book is released. Currently, not all of my backlist books have an audiobook available. However, for my books published with Windtree Press, I am working on getting audiobooks for all my titles. For books published with other publishers, that choice is not always mine. Once the audiobook is created, the distribution tends to be within two weeks around the world, including to libraries.
NOTE: First, thank you to all my fans who have chosen to buy direct from me in the past. Yes, I know you get a small discount. But I also know it is an extra step to get that ebook or audiobook to your chosen device. As of mid 2025, I have been in the process of changing direct purchase platforms for ebooks, print books, and audiobooks. My previous audiobook streaming vendor closed it’s doors and I am in the process of setting up all my buy-direct audio and ebooks through Curios. My print books will be available through BookVault. BookVault will allow me to also create special edition books for fans, hardbacks, and large print. Stay tuned for my Direct From Author availability in mid 2026.
My books will always still be available on the. other platforms you love (e.g., Amazon, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Google, etc.). Buying Direct from me allows me to give you a discount and I still get a higher payment. A win-win for both of us.
Thanks for your continuing support of me and my books no matter what platform you use to buy or read. I appreciate it more than you can ever know.
