Re: standing orders: direct or with vendors Teresa Saunders 13 Jan 2003 18:15 UTC
I've noticed that some of our standing orders would be cheaper by a few dollars if we ordered direct, but there are also several that are considerably cheaper by getting them through our vendor. Teresa Saunders WCSU "Bob Schatz, Franklin Book To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU Co." cc: <everbob@YAHOO Subject: standing orders: direct or .COM> with vendors Sent by: "SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum" <SERIALST@LIST .UVM.EDU> 01/13/03 11:51 AM Please respond to "SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum" With so many libraries re-considering the placement of subscriptions directly with publishers as a result of recent events, I'm interested in whether this includes standing orders. We know that some libraries already place standing orders direct with publishers, others place them with book vendors, and yet others have them melded in with their subscriptions. In the latter case, if you are investigating ordering subscriptions direct, does that include standing orders as well? As a bookseller, I won't pretend that my question is completely innocent, but I think the topic is worth some discussion, since subscriptions and standing orders are not identical in their handling within libraries or vendor operations. Bob Schatz ===== Bob Schatz Director of Sales & Marketing Franklin Book Company Main Office: 7804 Montgomery Avenue; Elkins Park, PA 19027-2698 Phone: direct: 215/635-5252; toll-free 800/323-2665; fax: 215/635-6155 Field Office: 3405 NE 47th Avenue; Portland, OR 97213 USA Phone: direct: 503/287-4722; toll-free:877/459-2010; fax: 503/282-7487 Email: everbob@yahoo.com Website: www.franklinbook.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com