I agree with Jill. I was even thinking about the previous posting while
walking on the treadmill at the gym! Ha... Go figure!!! I primarily use Bound
to Stay Bound, but will go to Sagebrush Books if BTSB doesn't have a
particular title. I've compared prices and sometimes have found BTSB to even be
cheaper than others. Out of 16 years in the library I've never had A BTSB book
with poor pages, weak spines and never had one to tall apart. I can't say
that about others...even Sagebrush. I had to have the same book replaced three
or four times through Sagebrush after only a few checkouts each time. While
that was rare and they have a lifetime replacement policy, it still took a
lot of time to process the replacements.
We had a Barnes & Noble open here about two years ago and this past fall we
did a book fair with them at their store. We didn't make much (about $80),
but afterwards our contact there began talking to me about buying our library
books through them. When I mentioned about "library bound" quality books,
she said oh ours are library bound! I think only media specialists and our
special vendors understand the term...ha...
Last year I had a father come to us after sending a note home about a book
the son had lost. He came in to pay for it...then when we told him it was
about $17+ (can't remember the amount) he told my parapro that he would just
order it cheaper from Amazon.com. She explained to him the difference. I think
they ended up finding the book!
Best wishes,
Tony Pope, Library Media Specialist
McHenry Primary School
100 McHenry Drive
Rome, GA 30161
_Pope1966@aol.com_ (mailto:Pope1966@aol.com)
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