Amended to add Blackstone & Books on Tape also offer replacement discs. *MicroMarketing* is a favorite, 4 votes with a couple of libraries having used their services before. Advantages: offer replacement discs, use replaceable sleeves & containers, can be ordered with cataloguing & labels. *Midwest Tapes* - 3 Also can ship with barcodes & labels. Complicated website. *Blackstone* - 4 Library editions last slightly longer. Also offer replacement discs. Primary distributor for Recorded Books now. *Brilliance Audio* - 2 Damage easily, can't repair by buffing. *Books on Tape* - 1 Also offer replacement discs *Ingram* - 1 *Recorded Books *- expensive, but durable ($65-110 each) On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 2:55 PM Meg Converse <megc@alpenalibrary.org> wrote:

The results of my query about vendors of audiobooks on CD -- and thank you very much to all who replied! I've included some relevant comments with each.

*MicroMarketing* is a favorite, 4 votes with a couple of libraries having used their services before. Advantages: offer replacement discs, use replaceable sleeves & containers, can be ordered with cataloguing & labels. *Midwest Tapes* - 3 Also can ship with barcodes & labels. Complicated website. *Blackstone* - 4 Library editions last slightly longer. *Brilliance Audio* - 2 Damage easily, can't repair by buffing. *Books on Tape* - 1 *Ingram* - 1 *Recorded Books *- expensive, but durable ($65-110 each)

-- Margaret (Meg) Converse Head Cataloguer, Technical Processing Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library 211 North First Street Alpena, Michigan 49707 megc@alpenalibrary.org 989-356-6188, ext. 19

-- Margaret (Meg) Converse Head Cataloguer, Technical Processing Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library 211 North First Street Alpena, Michigan 49707 megc@alpenalibrary.org 989-356-6188, ext. 19