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

From: Deborah Hathaway <dhathaw_at_udallas.edu>
Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 15:35:10 -0500
To: acqnet_at_lists.ala.org
Lauren,
I haven't heard about Book Depository being acquired. I order direct from
their website using my corporate card. https://www.bookdepository.com/

On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Corbett, Lauren <corbetle_at_wfu.edu> wrote:

> 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 <(336)%20758-6136>               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
>>
>>
>>
>


-- 
Deborah Hathaway, MLS
Acquisitions Supervisor
University of Dallas, Cowan-Blakley Memorial Library
1845 E. Northgate Drive
Irving, TX 75062
972-721-4122
972-721-4010 fax
dhathaw_at_udallas.edu
Received on Thu May 04 2017 - 16:57:22 EDT