Ask us to buy it

Tono mai kia hokona e mātou

Use this form to suggest a book or other item you would like us to buy.

Before you fill out the form

  • Check if we already hold the item by searching our catalogue
  • Show your interest in eBooks and eAudiobooks that aren’t in our collections using the ‘Notify Me’ tag in Libby. Go to Libby Help
  • Popular new titles are ordered automatically, so you don’t need to ask us to buy them.
  • We do not consider suggestions with a publication date more than six months ahead.
  • We mainly purchase material published within the past two years. For older material that is not in our collection, we recommend our Interloan Service. Go to Interloan Service page
  • You can send up to two requests per week.
  • We do not accept suggestions for music CDs, DVDs, audiobooks, and large print books.
  • If you are the author or publisher of a book that you would like Auckland Libraries to consider purchasing, see our information page for publishers and self-published authors
  • Our collection development policy guides how we select and purchase items for the library collections. Go to Auckland Libraries collection development policy

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Auckland Council Libraries:Ask us to buy it Fill out this form if you can't find a book or item in our catalogue and you want to ask us to purchase it.