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Hi Dana,<br>
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I am not a fan of Amazon's billing for our corporate account. We
use them as a secondary for books, A/V, requests, miscellaneous
items, etc. I think their monthly statement could be streamlined.
They have also stopped including any backup documentation with
shipments. <br>
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Amazon has some very eye catching magazine prices, but these seem to
be introductory offers that would generate a full bill after three
months or so. One that stood out to me was "The Economist." It
looks like a great deal at $12, but this is a 3 month initial
subscription with auto-renew. Their standard year is $152 with auto
renew and that is $25 higher than our rate through our regular
vendor. Prices fluctuate from magazine to magazine. Marie Claire
seems to be almost free. Harper's is double our jobber's price.
Midwest Living is 1/3 the price. I would be wary of unexpected
price increases through auto-renew.<br>
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It would be interesting to know how Amazon handles claims for missed
issues. The standard magazine jobbers are pretty good at getting
replacements or getting the subscription extended when issues fail
to show up. <br>
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Over the years, we have switched between Faxon (defunct), Ebsco, WT
Cox, Ebsco and we're now with Rivistas. We haven't used Popular.
All offered competitive pricing, especially to lure new business.
They also offer a different level of service targeted to libraries.
If these are ephemeral items in your collection and it doesn't
matter if they arrive or come back, Amazon might work. I am
skeptical that Amazon would provide the same level of service as a
subscription manager. You may find you are managing all your
subscriptions individually with the publishers, which would create
more work for staff unless the collection is considered disposable.<br>
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I would recommend putting your package of titles together and
shopping it to all the jobbers that service libraries. None will be
able to match some of Amazon's prices, but the comparison will give
you the best reasonable prices, the annual opportunity to see price
increases and cancel subscriptions as necessary. Hope that helps
some.<br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/12/2019 12:58 PM, Dana Allen via
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">Hi all,</font>
<div><font color="#000000">We are evaluating our magazine
collection which is rather extensive and we will probably be
downsizing based on data we are currently collecting. We
have been using an out-of-state subscription service but
have had some issues. We are thinking of switching to Amazon
next year. If you've been ordering from them, what are your
feelings? Thank you in advance for your input.</font></div>
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