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>From Barbara Via, University at Albany (bv848@cnsvax.albany.edu):
I am new to the list and am wondering if there has been discussion/concern
over MCB University Press' taking over _Collection Building_ and also _The
Bottom Line_, two periodicals formerly published by Neal Schuman. These two
titles have always been very reasonably priced. The MCB University Press
Library Science titles that I am familiar with, _Library Review_ and _Li-
brary Management_, are priced at about $1200 US and $3199 US respectively!
Does anyone know if _Collection Building_ and _Bottom Line_ will be going
up astronomically in price as a result of the change in publisher?
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>From Dorothy Ruyak, Williams & Wilkins Publishers (druyak@wwilkins.com),
writing on July 24, 1995 in response to discussion on various listservers:
In April, Williams & Wilkins enhanced its customer service capabilities
when it moved to a new computer system called Publisher's Advantage Comput-
ing System. The advantage to us is greater flexibility in processing work,
easier to access information in responding to customer telephone calls, and
quicker response to special situations of interest to our customers. Advan-
tage is a product of T and B Computing out of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
One of the first activities on the new system was to send renewals to
subscribers in 1994 who had not renewed. We focused on those subscribers
who subscribed through a subscription agent in the past, but who, according
to our records, had not renewed for 1995. Because of the conversion and the
way the records were maintained on the old system, a number of renewal
notices were sent to those who had already renewed through a new agent. In
some cases, institutional subscribers received as many as 54 separate,
seemingly duplicate, notices. We apologize for any inconvenience these
notices may have caused, but thank you for your patience. Records were
corrected as we received information from you.
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