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====== Selecting Vendors for Monographs DRAFT ====== | ====== Selecting Vendors for Monographs DRAFT ====== | ||
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===== Current U.S. Publications (published within the last 2 years) ===== | ===== Current U.S. Publications (published within the last 2 years) ===== | ||
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* Check Yankee's GOBI website first | * Check Yankee's GOBI website first | ||
* If it is in stock, place an order. | * If it is in stock, place an order. | ||
- | * If Yankee has no note on availability, place an order via website for anything but Rushes | + | * If GOBI has no note on availability, place an order via website for anything but Rushes |
* For Rushes, find a faster source & BLOCK the title in Gobi. | * For Rushes, find a faster source & BLOCK the title in Gobi. | ||
- | * If not yet published, send a paper order to Yankee. They will hold the order until it's available. | + | * If not yet published, block it on GOBI and pre-order it from Amazon. |
- | * If Yankee lists the book as out of print, go to an OP source. | + | * If GOBI lists the book as out of print, go to an OP source. |
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- | * Yank3 for RUSH orders placed on Yankee website’s Express service | + | * B&T for RUSH orders placed on Yankee website’s Express service |
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- | * Yank4 for juvenile books, both approval and orders placed | ||
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* Gobi2 automatically set for selectors’ slips orders via Gobi website | * Gobi2 automatically set for selectors’ slips orders via Gobi website | ||
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==== Any U.S. titles older than 2 years not listed on Yankee website as in stock ==== | ==== Any U.S. titles older than 2 years not listed on Yankee website as in stock ==== | ||
- | Split between Book House (Bookm) and Midwest (Mwest). | + | Order from Amazon if it's not an Endowment or FOL order. |
+ | If it is an Endowment or FOL order use Midwest. | ||
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Order from Amazon if they have it (often a marketplace vendor) or another OP source such as Abebooks or Alibris using a credit card. | Order from Amazon if they have it (often a marketplace vendor) or another OP source such as Abebooks or Alibris using a credit card. | ||
- | ==== DVD & Video ==== | + | ==== Endowment and FOL orders ==== |
- | Check non-credit card vendors first— Facets, Films for the Humanities | + | * You cannot use a credit card for these orders. |
- | Use Amazon or other online vendors next or if needed RUSH | + | * If possible, order from Yankee as a RUSH on the GOBI website. (Select the free shipping option.) |
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+ | * If it's not in stock with Yankee, then send the order to Midwest. | ||
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+ | * Be sure to specify very clearly that the item needs to be invoiced separately because it is being paid with special funds. | ||
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+ | ==== DVD & Video ==== | ||
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+ | Use Amazon or other online vendors if possible. | ||
+ | Midwest Tape may also be an option but it is not fast, and the order form has to be done just right because the items will come shelf-ready. | ||
==== Music orders ==== | ==== Music orders ==== | ||
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+ | ===== Books that list several countries in their imprint ===== | ||
+ | == Current (published within the last 2 years) publications with a U.S. office == | ||
+ | Follow suggestions for current U.S. publications | ||
+ | == Older publications with U.S. office == | ||
+ | check if “in stock” with U.S. sources | ||
- | ==== Portugal ==== | + | If available, order locally. |
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- | Use Livraria Portugal | + | |
+ | If not, order from vendor for original country | ||
+ | EX: London; New York; Johannesburg : Oxford University Press, 1995 | ||
+ | If Yankee or Amazon has this, order there. Be sure to check Amazon sites of other countries- AmazonUK, AmazonDE, etc. | ||
- | ===== Books that list several countries in their imprint ===== | ||
+ | ===== Vendors not to use ===== | ||
- | Current (published within the last 2 years) publications with a U.S. office – follow suggestions for current U.S. publications | + | == Do not use the following vendors: == |
- | Older publications with U.S. office—check if “in stock” with U.S. sources | + | * Random House (they will not acknowledge tax exempt status on orders) |
+ | * Barnes and Noble (they do not properly handle tax exempt status on orders) | ||
- | If available, order locally. If not, order from vendor for original country | ||
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- | EX: London; New York; Johannesburg : Oxford University Press, 1995 | ||
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- | If Yankee or Amazon has this, order there | ||
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- | If not, order from Lindsay & Croft in the U.K. If it’s available at all, it would be available in England. | ||
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- | EX: Madrid; Mexico City : Playa & Janes, 2005 | ||
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- | Unless you’re looking at an advertisement for this book in a Mexican catalog, order this from Spain. | ||
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