From: "STEVE ALLEMAN, UNO" <SPALI_at_jazz.ucc.uno.edu>
I was talking to a friend of mine in publishing about the price dif-
ferential between paperbound and hardbound editions. Publishers are apparently
concerned that libraries, the primary market for hardbound books, are buying
softbound editions when they are available and rebinding them if they have to.
My friend was surprised to hear that my library's policy is to always buy the
hardbound edition if it is available, and his reaction made me wonder how
typical our policy is. I thought I would pose this question to the members of
this list -- does your library, as a matter of policy, always buy the hardbound
edition of a book, if it is available?
If people would like to respond directly to me, I will summarize the
responses for the list.
Steve Alleman
Collection Management Librarian
Univ. of New Orleans
spali_at_uno.edu
Received on Tue Sep 30 1997 - 15:58:36 EDT