PBK Collection

PBK Collections Overview

• Paperback copies may be added to either of EPL’s two print collections:
• the hardcover/permanent (regular) collection by the Collections Librarians, or
• the PBK collection by EPL's print vendor via Automated Release Plan (ARP).
• Effective Nov. 10, 2025, all newly acquired Adult and Teen PBKs will have a three-letter spine label applied. They will be interfiled with the hardcover/permanent fiction collections. These will continue to be sent directly to branches.
• Existing Adult PBKs will move from being shelved separately to being co-located with the hardcover fiction collection (which have three-letter spine labels). They will be shelved alphabetically at the beginning of each section by author’s last name. Horror, Inspirational, and Thriller PBKs will be shelved alphabetically at the beginning of each section by main entry in the General fiction section.
• Existing Teen PBKs will move to being co-located with the Teen fiction hardcovers. In this case, both the Teen fiction PBKs and Teen fiction series PBKs will be co-located together, shelved alphabetically at the beginning of each section. Teen fiction paperbacks first, followed by teen fiction series and then the general teen fiction hardcover collection.

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09X Call Number

• Fiction titles in the Adult & Teen PBK collections are catalogued with an 099 field according to main entry, labeling with the first 3 letters of the main entry as a “cutter”, e.g.

          099  GIL

          100  Gilman, Laura Anna.

          500  A fantasy novel.

          099  TEEN CAS

          100  Cashore, Kristin.

          500  A fantasy story.

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PBK Adult Fiction Genres, Notes, & Labels

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Adult PBK Processing

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Teen PBK Processing

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Children's PBKs

Alpha Label

• Double-letter alphabetic label, e.g. C C, M M (also used for Mc.), F F, etc. for 1st letter of author’s last name OR 1st letter of series name

• Some series have a number at the beginning of the title, e.g., “47 R.O.N.I.N.”, “1-800-Where-R-You”, “6X”. For these, Esselte numeric ("double number") labels should be applied instead of an alpha label

Easy Reader Label

• 1.42” X 1” labels

Series/Collection Label

• 1.42” X 1” labels

• Series labels are not applied to Board books or PBK picture books; these items receive a alphabet label only

YRCA Labels

• Ordering information will include the Division (Junior, Intermediate or Senior)

• The selector will also include the type of paperback for each title (e.g., Children's fiction; Teen fiction - Series; etc.)

• Applied above alphabet/numeric label and series/collection label

• 1.5” X 0.75” labels (OL1075 - OnlineLabels.com)

Children’s PBK Label Specification Details

Children's PBK Processing

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Last revised: Nov. 10, 2025