Hi Doreen,
I am also considering Bookshop for a subset of our library purchases for
exactly this reason, so I would be very interested to hear what others have
to say.
To date, I've only used it for personal shopping a few times, and it works
very well for that -- in my memory, not notably different from any online
retailer. The packages came promptly and were wrapped in cardboard mailers
just like we get from GOBI for individual books. If you sometimes purchase
from Amazon or Barnes & Noble, as my library does, that workflow would be
identical.
I think one big issue will be figuring out which requests are appropriate
candidates. My initial thinking about that is: non-rush purchases; recent
or newly published titles; and I suspect we would mostly be able to find
popular nonfiction, some academic nonfiction, and literary fiction.
Thanks,
Kyle
On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 7:37 AM "Doreen Herold" <acqnet_at_lists.ala.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone have experience they can share with making efforts to purchase
> library acquisitions through BIPOC-owned bookstores? My library is
> reviewing
> our options so I wanted to see if we could learn through the experiences of
> the community. One option we have in mind is to identify bookstores local
> to
> us that sell through bookshop.org (orders are filled through Ingram
> (ProQuest)
> with 30% of the sale going to the specified bookstore). Does anyone have
> experiences with bookshop.org? Or other options? What has the experience
> been
> like compared with your library's traditional sources for print books? What
> impacts have their been on workflow/staffing/time/etc?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doreen Herold
> Manager, Library Technical Services
> Lehigh University
> Bethlehem, PA
>
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*Kyle Napoli *(she/her/hers)
Acquisitions and Serials Specialist
Reed College Library
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Received on Wed Sep 09 2020 - 15:20:00 EDT