Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:09:07 -0500
From: Deborah Curry (Oswego State U.) <dcurry_at_Oswego.EDU>
Subject: Ordering E-Books
All,
For those of you who might be ordering E-books separate
from collections ... good luck.
I think I posted to this list initially asking if folks
had any experiences they'd like to share. I didn't hear
from many folks re: that, but several emailed and wanted
to know what we were doing. We went with a vendor that
we normally order print copy from. Big mistake. I suggest
going straight to Netlibrary (not sure if they'd be better,
but it would cut out the middle-person).
It's been a very frustrating experience trying to contact
our vendor to make sure the orders went thru...1/2 did, 1/2
didn't, though we were told that until we had 25 separate
titles, the vendor couldn't put through our order to
Netlibrary (their contract requirements); we had a question
re: the contract with Netlibrary...that took days to resolve.
More and more I'm thinking electronic books...yuck! We are
still in limbo.
Just wanting to share....
deborah...
Deborah Curry
Coordinator, Technical Services
Penfield Library
Oswego State University
Oswego, NY 13126
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