Sentences with phrase «book jobber»

I also spoke with Ingram at the exhibit hall, after hearing about their e-book offerings, since they are a large book jobber that was mentioned at the Kansas State session.

Or the store may have a book jobber, who supplies the small retailer with books and magazines.

Third, to ensure that technology will continue to play a key role in Baltimore County schools» acquisition of their new books, the district has contracted with Follett, a book jobber that offers library automation and purchasing services.

You can go into a B&N and they will frequently order from the book jobbers and have books in two days for you for custom orders.

The report presents 145 pages of data and commentary on a broad range of eBook issues, including: spending on eBooks in 2010 and anticipated spending for 2011; use levels of various kinds of eBooks; market penetration by various specific eBook publishers; extent of use of aggregators vs offering by specific publishers; purchasing of individual titles; use of various channels of distribution such as traditional book jobbers and leading retail / internet based booksellers; use of eBooks in course reserves and interlibrary loan; impact of eBooks on print book spending; use of eBooks in integrated search; price increases for eBooks; contract renewal rates for eBooks; use of special eBook platforms for smartphones and tablet computers; spending plans and current use of eBook reader such as Nook, Reader and Kindle; the role played by library consortia in eBooks; Continue reading Primary Research Group releases Library Use of eBooks 2011 Edition →

There are two major book jobbers, not one.

Here's why: if your book has any kind of distribution through any company that deals with libraries (Ingram, Baker and Taylor, Follett, Mackin — to name but a few)-- those book jobbers will automatically create a MARC record for your book once an order for said book (and said MARC record) is placed.

Not exact matches

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And as I said earlier they can get books from jobbers the next day anytime.

If you can show there is a demand for your book and it has an established sales history, you may decide utilizing a jobber more cost and time effective for local distribution.

Other suppliers, like Lightning Source, allow you to set your own discount within limits but offer just that one discount to every retailer or jobber who buys your book from Ingram — the world's largest book distributor and the parent company of Lightning Source and IngramSpark.

Other suppliers, like Lightning Source, allow you to set your own discount within limits, but offer just that one discount to every retailer or jobber who buys your book from Ingram, whom Lightning Source supplies.

I generally buy through jobbers, who frequently don't have self published books, or even books from smaller publishers.