Has anyone who uses Ingram as their primary vendor noticed that they are receiving only a 10% discount on titles from major publishers?  For example, we received only a 10% discount on the heavily promoted Rise of the rocket girls (Little, Brown).  When I questioned the discount, I was told “This book falls under ‘Text, Technical, Reference, Small Press’ titles, which under their Michigan state contract is 10%.”  Today, I received more books with a 10% discount (DK Publishing, Penguin Books), so I went back through invoices received since the beginning of 2016 and found many others (Crown, Norton, Houghton Mifflin) that are not technical books, but rather books marketed as basic non-fiction.  My sales rep is working with me on this, but I wanted to know if this is affecting only my library or all Michigan libraries.  

Maureen

Maureen Derenzy, Library Director

Otsego County Library

700 S. Otsego Avenue

Gaylord, MI  49735

(989) 732-5841 x15

mderenzy@otsego.org