Harumph.

I just need to rant (and I realize that there is nothing I can or should do about the following... but it still steams my clams!)

I work full time at a college. I teach writing. I have three novels out (paperback and ebook, released).

I'm kind of miffed (and a little bit hurt) that the school where I work full time (for ten years now) does not have any of my books in their library.

My books are available in the libraries of other local colleges and universities, as well as in the libraries of schools from which I graduated, but they're not at the library of the school where I work.

This is a teeny bit embarrassing since students sometimes want to get my books. Many of them are broke, so I wish they could just borrow them rather than buy them. (When they graduate and get good jobs... and I have more books out, well, then, I hope they'll buy them!) Instead, I have given away several copies (more than 250 over the last six semesters) of my first novel because I don't want them not to be able to read my stuff.

If I taught something unrelated to writing - accounting, let's say - then I'd still be irked, but less so.

The school library does have books by other people connected to the college (staff or alumni), so this isn't a case of conflict of interest or something like that. And it's not a case of the folks at the school library being unaware of my books (staff were invited to my launch parties).

So, there, now I've ranted. I feel better! But I'd still like to know how you'd react if this were you.