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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Has anyone who uses Ingram as their primary vendor noticed that they are receiving only a 10% discount on titles from major publishers? For</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">example,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">we received only a 10% discount on</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">the heavily promoted</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Rise of the rocket girls (Little, Brown)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. When I questioned the discount, I was told</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">“</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">This book falls under ‘Text, Technical, Reference, Small Press’ titles, which under their Michigan state contract is 10%.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Today, I received more books with a 10% discount (DK Publishing, Penguin Books</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">), so I went back through</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">invoices</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> received since the beginning of 2016</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">nd found many others</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> (Crown,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Norton, Houghton Mifflin)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> that are not technical books, but</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">rather books marketed as basic non-fiction. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">My sales rep is working with me on this, but I wanted to know if</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">this is affecting only my library or all Michigan libraries. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Maureen</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Maureen Derenzy, Library Director</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Otsego County Library</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">700 S. Otsego Avenue</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Gaylord, MI 49735</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">(989) 732-5841 x15</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">mderenzy@otsego.org</FONT></SPAN></P>
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