In this Library Wire:
Free shipping offer extended
Our free shipping offer continues at Alibris for Libraries: just choose at least seven (lucky?) books or music or movie items from any seller (worldwide) and upon checkout your order will automatically qualify for free consolidated shipping to U.S. ship-to addresses.
In addition, you can receive free shipping for orders of $49 or more of in-stock-at-Alibris items: simply choose items where "Alibris" is the indicated seller or "ships in one week", and choose "direct from seller" shipping—you could easily qualify for free shipping on new books from Alibris, for example. For easy seller filtering, just click the "find only books in stock at Alibris" check-box from our Advanced Search page.
Summer project help available
Alibris for Libraries is ready to help you fulfill your summertime orders: retrospective collection development, lost/stolen/missing replacement projects, and just the normal business of acquiring routine materials, including new and used books, CD's, and DVD's. We offer unmatched selection, a full suite of library services, and plenty of convenient payment options, such as credit cards, Purchase Orders, and/or Deposit Accounts. Give us a call or click soon and we'll help you get more books (for less money) before summer turns into back-to-school.
Monsoon merger
Alibris announced recently that we have acquired and merged with Monsoon, a technology firm that knows the book industry well. A copy of the official press release, including more information about Monsoon, can be found here. This is good news for library customers because it enables us to invest more in our technology infrastructure, accelerate our seller services expansion, and expand our product selection. We will continue to deliver tools and innovations that benefit our sellers, retail customers, and libraries.
Blog: feel free to subscribe and chime in
Alibris for Libraries has got our own little blog now, along with our Facebook and Twitter pages. How else to more nimbly "publish" and distribute some library-related news and ideas that come across our respective screens? Please feel free to subscribe and chime in anytime, as library conversations tend to get more interesting when shared among friends (or, at least,"friends").
Alibris Tip: Invoice in the box
Keep in mind that if you'd like for us to include a copy of the invoice with the books, all you need do is ask—just include your account number or account e-mail with your request, making it even more efficient for your library to receive materials from Alibris for Libraries. Invoice in the box is not available for direct-from-seller orders or single shipment international orders.
