Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 14:36:41 -0500
From: Diana Hayes <dhayes_at_usc.edu>
Subject: Re: ACQNET: Online sources for rush orders
Hi Naomi,
You might try www.addall.com
This web site gives a price comparison of the web sites selling the book
your searching for and also compares their shipping costs. They also have a
similar service for out of print books. I use this site a lot if I'm not
going straight to Amazon or don't find the title at Amazon. I've also found
that Barnes & Noble and Borders can beat Amazon's prices. I'm in a similar
situation as you, the faculty want their books quickly and the vendors are
not able to supply the items with the rapidity of on-line book dealers.
At 04:51 PM 03/11/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 15:50:28 -0500
>From: Naomi Lloyd <lloyd_at_techbc.ca>
>Subject: Online sources for rush orders
>
>Hi All,
>
>We are receiving more and more "rush requests" from faculty with Amazon
>URLs attached and the hope that they might receive these items within a
>week or so. We value our faculty's support and endeavor to get items to
>them as quickly as possible. Our regular vendor cannot get rush items to
>us in under two weeks. However the shipping costs at Amazon are costing
>us an arm and a leg - we are located in Canada.
>
>We do check the Canadian online stores, Chapters and Indigo, before
>placing orders with Amazon but much of the time Amazon offers (and
>delivers on) a much shorter time period. I am now looking at other
>possibilities (not having had much success with other online US vendors) -
>such as ABE for small Canadian vendors who would send items express - but
>do not want staff to spend too much time searching different sources
>either.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions for "rush orders" of this kind?
>
>Naomi Lloyd
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