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Hi Connie,<br>
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I'm not seeing a general news announcement of this morning and the
SLJ web site is showing an introductory subscription price under $90
and print+online for $130. It looks like you can only subscribe for
one year at these rates. It might buy some time if you cancel
through your vendor, get a refund for the unused portion and
subscribe direct. It seems like only in the vendor world can
publishers raise prices mid-subscription and expect to get paid. <br>
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Who is your magazine vendor? A good question to ask is what is your
current subscription end date. With claims, combine and extends for
renewal overlaps, etc., you may be paid out 1.5 to 2 years
currently. I would think of refusing to pay the "increase" until
such time as the current, paid subscription ran its course. <br>
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(***Limited applicability) Another thing to investigate is how much
of this content we are paying for twice. The SLJ reviews are
available through Syndetics but I'm not sure how quickly these
appear in our catalog or whether they are linked to the pre-pub
records.<br>
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Dexter will still subscribe one way or another. My bigger concern
is how this will affect other titles by the same publisher. This
may be a trial to see if they can bump LJ, Horn Book, etc. If this
price bump comes to fruition, I could see us going to a direct
subscription and waiting for the discount renewal mailers to roll in
each year. Claiming would be a pain, but so is being gouged. With
a direct subscription, there would be mid-year price changes, but
probably less notification as well. At $20 an issue and considering
the level of advertising and complementary content generation
(reviews) the increase seems excessive.<br>
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Paul<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Paul McCann Dexter District Library
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Phone: 734-426-4477 Dexter, MI 48130
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/5/2017 9:03 AM, ConnieJo Ozinga
via Michlib-l wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">We have just been notified of a huge price increase
in the cost of School Library Journal. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">"This is
an FYI that the publisher of 801-459-009 School Library
Journal is making a large price increase from $136.99 to now
being $249.99."</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">We are
still going to renew but we had to think about it.</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">What
was/is your reaction? Will you still renew? Can you afford
to renew? I was really surprised by the size of the price
increase.</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Connie<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#888888"><span><span
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style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Connie Jo Ozinga<br>
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Commerce Township Community Library<br>
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style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Commerce, MI 48390<br>
(248) 669-8108 x101<br>
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