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| | Rumors | 1 |
| | Deadlines | 4 |
| | From Your Editor | 4 |
| | Letters to the Editor | 7 |
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| | To Buy or Not to Buy: The Cost Implications of Purchasing Paperbacks
by Ed Goedeken, Ivan Hanthorn & Pam Rebarcak — The long-standing habit of acquiring hard bound library materials whenever a choice was available between paperback and hard cover is changing. | 1 |
| | Paperbacks On Approval
by John M. Haar — Is the cost differential for titles published in dual covers substantial? | 16 |
| | Paperback Conundrums
by Heather S. Miller — Observations on paper and cloth editions from a number of North American book suppliers. | 17 |
| | Hard and Softcover
A Report from a Publisher by Jennifer Ruark | 18 |
| | Op Ed
Not Sweating the Details -- Barbara Dean says change is not all gloom and doom | 20 |
| | On the Street
We surveyed some of you to find out what you are doing about purchasing hard and paper materials. Here are the results. | 22 |
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| | Mary Ann Liebert
President and Founder Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | 33 |
| | Fred Philipp
(President, Blackwell North America) talks about the recent purchase of Ballen by BNAm | 37 |
| | Mike Markwith
The new CEO of Swets North
America! Here is what he told us. | 39 |
| | Ken Kister
(Freelance Writer) and dubbed "the Ralph Nader of encyclopedias . . . | 44 |
| | GraceAnne DeCandido
Editor, Wilson Library Bulletin | 80 |
Edited by Barbara Dean Bdean@co.arlington.va.us |
| | Celia Wagner
(Blackwell North America) | 69 |
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| | Book Pricing Update
Since 1990, the number of new academic monographs in the Humanities has declined about 9%. | 40 |
| | From the Reference Desk
Besides several book reviews, Tom Gilson spoke with Ken Kister. | 42 |
| | Book Reviews
Paul Gleason has arranged reviews of Webster's Third and Who Owns Information? | 49 |
| | Cases of Note
by Anne Jennings — Legal opinions of interest to ATG readers | 53 |
| | Publisher Bestsellers
Best selling titles from Purdue University Press | 55 |
| | Marketing to Libraries
A Discussion with Tia Gozzi and Pat Phillips | 56 |
| | Publisher Profile
Primary Source | 58 |
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| | And They Were There
Reports of Meetings -- The Oklahoma Conference and the Charleston How to Get Published Institute are just two that ATG attended. | 60 |
| | Bet You Missed It
Clifford Stoll, David Magier, and Dick Rowe are just some of the people discussed on this compilation of recent articles. | 64 |
| | Biz of Acq
Sandy Beehler talks about Negative Acquisitions. | 68 |
| | International Dateline
Richard Abel gives us a report on the London Book Fair and Gita Gunatilleke about celebrating the Maori language. And there's more . . . | 70 |
| | Papa Lyman Remembers
Kroch's and Brentano's bookstore | 74 |
| | Group Therapy
This one's about librarians who don't keep appointments. | 76 |
Edited by Sandra K. Paul and Albert Simmonds (SKP Associates) |
| | Where to Buy CD-ROMs
by Norm Desmarais — | 24 |
| | Innovations Affecting Us
SilverPlatter, NetPublisher, Pro CD, ColumbiaNet | 26 |
| | CD-ROM at the Service of Society
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| | What is HTML?
Rebeca Bauerschmidt and Joan Griffith tell us. | 31 |
| | Chaos
This month Sandy Paul tells us about BIC, Book Industry Communications. | 79 |
| | DOC AQUIS . .
a column reporting on news and developments relating to acquisitions and document delivery -- Vendor Online Services -- Blackwells Connect and NTO | 81 |
| | Drinking From the Firehose
New developments with ACQNET . . . | 86 |
| | ot Fit For Print
Will publishers be able to distribute electronically at a profit? | 88 |
| | Legally Speaking
S. 314: The Communications Decency Act and Cyberspace | 90 |
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| | Call for Papers
The 1995 Charleston Conference | 69 |
| | You Gotta Go To School For That?
How Jerry Seay sees life is not like we mortals | 89 |
