ACQNET: Average Book Prices, 2007--Adult Books--Public Libraries

From: Eleanor Cook <cookei_at_appstate.edu> Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:06:41 -0400 To: acqnet-l_at_listproc.appstate.edu

Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:54:24 -0400
From: Jim Flury <jflury_at_tln.lib.mi.us>
Subject: Average Book Prices, 2007--Adult Books--Public Libraries

Hello,

For public libraries:

As you are aware one of the spring issues of _School Library Journal_ 
contains an article outlining average book prices for adult, juvenile 
and young adult titles for public libraries. This helpful article 
always lists the average prices for the current year for juvenile 
and young adult titles, and for the previous year for adult titles. 
For instance, the March 1, 2007 issue of SLJ listed average prices 
for 2007 for juvenile and young adult titles, and for 2006 for 
adult nonfiction and fiction titles. Libraries have asked me 
several times since then if any data is currently available 
for 2007 for adult titles. Is this data contained in the 
Bowker Annual, 2007 that was published in June or July, 
2007? Is there anywhere to obtain this data, prior to the 
publication of the SLJ article in Spring, 2008.

Thanks everyone.

Jim Flury

Jim Flury
Head of Acquisitions Services
The Library Network
13331 Reeck Road
Southgate, MI 48195
jflury_at_tln.lib.mi.us
734-281-3830
Fax 734-281-1817

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