[Michlib-l] short discounts with Michigan contract

[Maureen Derenzy]

Has anyone who uses Ingram as their primary vendor noticed that they are
receiving only a 10% discount on titles from major publishers?  For example,
we received only a 10% discount on the heavily promoted Rise of the rocket
girls (Little, Brown).  When I questioned the discount, I was told "This
book falls under 'Text, Technical, Reference, Small Press' titles, which
under their Michigan state contract is 10%."  Today, I received more books
with a 10% discount (DK Publishing, Penguin Books), so I went back through
invoices received since the beginning of 2016 and found many others (Crown,
Norton, Houghton Mifflin) that are not technical books, but rather books
marketed as basic non-fiction.  My sales rep is working with me on this, but
I wanted to know if this is affecting only my library or all Michigan
libraries.   

Maureen

Maureen Derenzy, Library Director
Otsego County Library
700 S. Otsego Avenue
Gaylord, MI  49735
(989) 732-5841 x15
mderenzy at otsego.org


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