Sell-through means a video "sold thru" a third-party venue. Avatar sold thru WalMart, for eg (and BE-lieve me, it will be...in bushels and bushels)
gary h > Never heard the term "sell through" til today. > > Luckily I've got a guy named Joe who lives back where the mushrooms grow > --on the "garden level," in acquisitions -- who takes care of these > details for me. It almost feels like cheating sometimes because HE gets > the answer for me. He loves films and hates rip off. > > Deg, I'll forward your query to Joe!! > > "Schindler's Disc?" That's a bit precious, what? > > > Randal Baier > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Deg Farrelly" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 5:05:40 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [Videolib] Sell Through Vendors on Amazon > > I've been meaning to put this question out to the list for some time, but > now I have a particular need for the information. > > Assuming you purchase videos through Amazon, when a title is * not * > available from Amazon, but * is * available from several sell-through > vendors: > > How do you select the vendor? > How do you know that the copy you are ordering is a legitimate copy and > not a boot leg? > Are there particular vendors you have had experience with that you would > recommend? > > > Now, specifically, I am looking to acquire a DVD of "The Eddie Cantor > Story" (1953) > > We have a VHS copy, released by Warner Home Video in 1996. Amazon lists > new copies on DVD available from these vendors: > Happymovies, schindler's Disc, Vintage_dvd_vhs, Videophile1939, Seravieve, > and Joshuab01 > > Several indicate "Brand new, factory sealed, direct from manufacturer" > > Reactions? > > > -- > deg farrelly, Associate Librarian > Arizona State University > PO Box 37100 > Phoenix, Arizona 85069-7100 > Phone: 602.543.8522 > Email: [email protected] > > > > > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
