Re: [ALCTS-acqnet] Help identifying Mexican and other Latin American vendors

From: Corbett, Lauren <corbetle_at_wfu.edu>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 16:00:19 -0400
To: acqnet_at_lists.ala.org
Deborah,
I see the Book Depository has something on their website about being
acquired by Amazon -- are you working with Book Depository direct or are
you finding items through an Amazon interface?

Lauren
--
Lauren Corbett
Director of Resource Services, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
336-758-6136               ISNI: 0000 0003 5170 369X

On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Deborah Hathaway <dhathaw_at_udallas.edu>
wrote:

> I have ordered from Book Depository in Great Britain and use my corporate
> card. They carry a lot of titles from Latin American publishers and offer
> free shipping worldwide. I have also Marcial Pons (they accept orders and
> will invoice) and Casa del Libro using my corporate card.
> Deborah
>
> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 12:21 PM, Mike Poulin <mpoulin_at_colgate.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi Laura
>>
>> Have you tried - Latin American Bookstore ?
>>  libros_at_latinamericanbooks.com
>> https://www.latinamericanbooks.com/
>>
>> ---------------------------------------
>> Mike Poulin
>> Head of Collection Management
>> Professor in the University Libraries
>> Colgate University Libraries
>> 13 Oak Drive
>> Hamilton, NY 13346
>> 315-228-7025 <(315)%20228-7025>
>> fax: 315-228-7934 <(315)%20228-7934>
>> mpoulin_at_colgate.edu
>>
>> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Laura Turner <lauraturner_at_sandiego.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>
>>> Our university continues to tighten payment processes for foreign
>>> materials that we purchase for our collection.  We have curricular
>>> interests at the university and a decent budget for print books in Spanish
>>> (fiction and non-fiction) from Latin America, but I am encountering
>>> problems with finding vendors in these countries that can reliably fulfill
>>> orders and accommodate the documentation required by the university in a
>>> timely manner.  Does anyone have favorite vendors in that region,
>>> particularly covering Mexico, Argentina, Guatemala, and Venezuela, that
>>> work well with corporate credit card transactions either through their
>>> website or via email?
>>>
>>> Many thanks for any suggestions,
>>> Laura
>>>
>>> --
>>> Laura Turner
>>> Head of Technical Services
>>> Helen K. and James S. Copley Library
>>> University of San Diego
>>> 5998 Alcala Park
>>> San Diego, CA  92110-2492
>>> Phone:  (619) 260-2365
>>> lauraturner_at_sandiego.edu
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Deborah Hathaway, MLS
> Acquisitions Supervisor
> University of Dallas, Cowan-Blakley Memorial Library
> 1845 E. Northgate Drive
> Irving, TX 75062
> 972-721-4122 <(972)%20721-4122>
> 972-721-4010 <(972)%20721-4010> fax
> dhathaw_at_udallas.edu
>
>
>
Received on Thu May 04 2017 - 16:06:08 EDT