[Michlib-l] [acquisitions] The Library Network and Recorded Books/RBdigital: New Discounted Pricing Agreement For Five RBdigital Products

[Glenn Fischer]

Hi, Jim -

It's budget request time for us here at Cromaine, so I was hoping you could
tell me what my renewal costs would be for the Magazines and Unlimited
Audiobook products we get through TLN. I'm also curious if you can provide
a quote for the Newspapers product.

Thank you so much!

Glenn
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Glenn Fischer
Technology Manager
Hartland's Cromaine Library
P.O. Box 308
3688 N. Hartland Rd.
Hartland, MI  48353
810-632-5200 x110
www.cromaine.org


On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 10:55 AM Jim Flury <jflury at tln.lib.mi.us> wrote:

> All,
>
>
>
> I am pleased to announce that The Library Network and Recorded Books have
> entered into an agreement for discounted pricing for *FIVE* Recorded
> Books/RBdigital products, including the *brand new Unlimited Newspapers*
> service, for Michigan public libraries.
>
>
> The five services are:
>
>
>
> *Magazines*
>
> *Unlimited Audiobooks*
>
> *Comics*
>
> *Streaming Video*
>
> *Brand New: Unlimited Newspapers*
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__rbmediaglobal.com_all-2Dyou-2Dcan-2Dread-2Ddigital-2Dnewspapers-2Dnow-2Davailable-2Din-2Dthe-2Drbdigital-2Dapp-2Dand-2Dplatform_&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VZwzE-ihmVk8MWnuOKeBhdzjlCVxa_pma10LdYu6QtI&m=YmiTgMIhQdWlwIuNfKlyIgDlKVP_huBYz86uvvM1UmM&s=4IhhFpAWxNtRHsmPNzRGseHCJ_m2NeY0pa7_o2TARWY&e=>
> https://rbmediaglobal.com/all-you-can-read-digital-newspapers-now-available-in-the-rbdigital-app-and-platform/
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__rbmediaglobal.com_all-2Dyou-2Dcan-2Dread-2Ddigital-2Dnewspapers-2Dnow-2Davailable-2Din-2Dthe-2Drbdigital-2Dapp-2Dand-2Dplatform_&d=DwQGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VZwzE-ihmVk8MWnuOKeBhdzjlCVxa_pma10LdYu6QtI&m=YmiTgMIhQdWlwIuNfKlyIgDlKVP_huBYz86uvvM1UmM&s=4IhhFpAWxNtRHsmPNzRGseHCJ_m2NeY0pa7_o2TARWY&e=> (including
> the Detroit News).
>
>
>
> Library cooperative directors, please feel free to share this email with
> your member libraries.
>
>
> It is highly recommended that librarians attend one of the offered
> *webinars*, as scheduled below. These webinars are intended to help
> library staff fully understand what is being offered, to be able to ask
> questions, and to hear questions from other libraries.
>
>
> In addition to the below scheduled webinars, personalized webinars are
> available upon request for your library or your library cooperative.
>
>
> *** At any of the Dates/Times below click on the below link to join the
> webinar:*
>
> *
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.gotomeet.me_MarkHaley338&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VZwzE-ihmVk8MWnuOKeBhdzjlCVxa_pma10LdYu6QtI&m=YmiTgMIhQdWlwIuNfKlyIgDlKVP_huBYz86uvvM1UmM&s=b4-IfE_YLiE_jviSadthHhGIi_2mZ5ku80wHS9PKX_Q&e=>https://www.gotomeet.me/MarkHaley338
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.gotomeet.me_MarkHaley338&d=DwQGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=VZwzE-ihmVk8MWnuOKeBhdzjlCVxa_pma10LdYu6QtI&m=YmiTgMIhQdWlwIuNfKlyIgDlKVP_huBYz86uvvM1UmM&s=b4-IfE_YLiE_jviSadthHhGIi_2mZ5ku80wHS9PKX_Q&e=>*
>
>
>
> *Webinar Dates/Times:*
>
>
>
> *Thursday 1/16        Tuesday 1/21          Thursday 1/23        Tuesday 1/28         Thursday 1/30        Tuesday 2/11     Thursday 2/13*
>
> *2:00 PM ET             10:00 AM ET            2:00 PM ET            10:00
> AM ET                2:00 PM ET             10:00 AM ET       2:00 PM ET*
>
>
>
> *Tuesday 2/18          Thursday 2/20        Tuesday 3/3            Thursday 3/5                Tuesday 3/10*
>
> *10:00 AM ET            2:00 PM ET            10:00 AM ET           2:00
> PM ET                10:00 AM ET*
>
>
>
>
>
> *Please contact me for a discounted price quote for any of the five below
> listed RBdigital products.*
>
>
>
> The discounted pricing applies both to *new and existing *Recorded Books
> subscribers. This allows current subscribers to take advantage of
> potentially considerable savings at renewal time. Here are some salient
> points of information concerning each product:
>
>
>
> *Magazines: *Access to the *ENTIRE *RBdigital collection of some* 3,800 **magazine
> titles*, compared to the current TLN collection of 175 active
> subscriptions, 327 total tiles, at *no cost increase* for current TLN
> subscribers. Also, libraries that are not part of the TLN magazine group
> can join the TLN magazine group at the TLN negotiated discount price, and
> also receive access to the 3,800 title collection. Special note for
> current, non-TLN magazine subscribing libraries: The Economist is the one
> RBdigital Magazines title that will not transfer from one collection to
> another. Thus, if your library currently receives its magazines via a
> direct relationship with Recorded Books, you will need to purchase a copy
> of The Economist if you wish to maintain access to that title as a member
> of the TLN magazine group.
>
>
>
> *Unlimited Audiobooks: *Unlimited, simultaneous access to nearly 35,000
> audiobook titles. 400+ new releases added every month. The collection value
> totals approximately $2,100.000.00 to start and an additional $20,000.00 in
> value added each month.
>
>
>
> *Comics: *1,500 comic volumes from publishers *Disney, Marvel, Dark Horse
> and IDW*. Over 600,000 pages of eComics!
>
>
>
> *Streaming Video: *7 day, unlimited checkout model for titles from Acorn
> TV, The Great Courses, Stingray Qello Concerts, and IndieFlix. Under the
> terms of the discounted price agreement, the annual platform fee for this
> service has been waived, the library only pays for use of the service,
> the 7-Day Unlimited Access Passes.   $2.99 per patron per week.
>
>
>
> *Unlimited Newspapers:* Unlimited access to over 2,500 newspapers, with
> 90 days of back issues, *including the Detroit News, *Chicago Tribune,
> New York Post, Los Angeles Times and many other newspapers from across the
> country. *Note*: Recorded Books is open to taking suggestions from us to
> share with its partner PressReader as to additional newspaper titles to
> include in this brand new service.
>
>
>
> Orders, renewals and invoices will be handled through The Library Network.
> All subscriptions will follow a May 1 through April 30 renewal cycle.
> Current subscribers will be pro-rated so as to line up with the May 1
>  through April 30 renewal cycle.
>
>
>
> *The series of webinars scheduled above by Recorded Books National (Major)
> Accounts Representative Mark Haley, are of critical importance when it
> comes to outlining the details of each of these five services. Library
> staff is strongly encouraged to sign up for one of these webinars on the
> day/time that is most convenient.*
>
>
> The *deadline* to take advantage of this discounted price offer for
> any/all of these five Recorded Books product is:
>
>
>
> *Friday, March 13, 2020*.
>
>
>
> *Please contact me for a discounted price quote for any of the five above
> listed RBdigital products.*
>
>
>
> Please let me know if you have questions concerning any of this.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Jim Flury
>
>
>
> Jim Flury
> Technical Services Manager
> The Library Network
> 41365 Vincenti Court
> Novi, MI 48375
> 248-536-3100, ext 133
> Fax 248-536-3098
> jflury at tln.lib.mi.us
>
>
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