I have had good experiences with Eastern Books. http://www.ebc.com/index.php
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We are absolutely devastated at the loss of The Book House. They have been dependable, flexible, easy to work with, and completely indispensable to us for over 25 years. Here we all honestly feel as if there has been a death in the family. We have used them especially for print monographs and standing orders. They did shelf-ready physical processing and deposit accounts. I may use Alibris and Amazon more, but that won't work for many of the monographs and not at all for standing orders.
We commiserate with you and also would welcome any suggestions for jobbers. Thank you!
-Meredith
Meredith K. Lyon
Firm Ordering/Receiving Supervisor
California State University Northridge
Oviatt Library
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(818)677-4928 fax
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Greetings,
Writing to check in with the Acquisitions world regarding the recent announcement from The Book House (http://www.thebookhouse.com/) that they're closing effective December 31st, 2014.
We have used Book House as a "boutique" jobber for many years and they have skillfully sourced quite a bit of obscure, complex, and seemingly impossible-to-purchase materials from us, ranging from print monographs to media standing orders to artists books from Spain to dance videos produced in a choreographer's own home to antiquarian materials for our Special Collections. They simplified one-off ordering, essentially, which would've either been stuck in the land of proforma invoices, the frustrating complexities of our statewide procurement system and guidelines, and so on. I understand that doing the work they've done is not exactly profitable for them, as it is the antithesis of wholesale, but still...the loss of this service is tremendous.
Do any folks out there have recommendations for jobbers who function similarly to Book House, or any recommendations for how to fill the void? Midwest Tapes has a new "request a title" service which may help us, but I'm still waiting on a reply about my question regarding the ability to fulfill rush orders. Midwest Library Service can handle print monographs, but no media and no rushes, and frankly nothing that requires special care, either. I have a cache of international and language-specific vendors who will be able to help somewhat, but in the end, there is no vendor that I have come across who can do what Book House has done!
Thoughts, feedback, suggestions, commiseration...all welcome!
Many thanks,
Meaghan
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Meaghan O'Malley
Ordering Coordinator for Resource Acquisition
University Libraries
George Mason University
4400 University Drive MSN 2FL
Fairfax, VA 22030
[p] 703.993.2231 | [f] 703.993.2263
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