We at AFD/Typecast Films are always open to negotiating discounts to help libraries or individuals work within tight budgets—especially when multiple titles are ordered. Just give me a call!
Though we do have quite a few titles available only with PPR (more obscure titles that folks aren't clamoring for in the Home Video market), we've also got many titles available without PPR for between $20-$30. These are usually titles that had formally been available only at the higher institutional rate with PPR, but I haven't really seen these $20-$30 non-PPR copies being picked up by college/university libraries at 10-times (or even 5-times) the rate they had been when they were available only with PPR. It would be great if they were though! Happy 4th of July holiday ~ Alex _________________ Alex O. Williams Institutional Sales AFD / Typecast Films Seattle, WA . USA ph: 206.322.0882 x.202 | fx: 206.322.4586 arabfilm.com | typecastfilms.com On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:35 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > We're all interested, Matt > > By the way, flexible doesn't mean basing pricing on institutional > enrollment or FTE metrics. > > gary > > > > > Just got my first offer from a distributor who wants to work on flexible > > pricing. Who else is interested? > > > > Matt > > > > ______________________________ > > Matt Ball > > Media and Collections Librarian > > University of Virginia > > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > 434-924-3812 > > > > On Jul 1, 2011, at 12:36 PM, "Ball, James (jmb4aw)" > > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > > wrote: > > > > "If the library community wants to figure out a way to assure > distributors > > they will literally sell 10 times the number of copies if they sell > titles > > at $30 a pop, I guarantee you distributors would jump at the chance." > > > > It's not up to the library community to make assurances for the > > distributors, but together we can figure out a pricing model that's > > mutually beneficial. It is interesting that you mention Kino because > they > > are one of the few distributors I know of that do follow my suggested > > pricing model, around $30.00 with no PPR, and I can tell you that I > bought > > a lot more from them last year than I did from the other distributors. > > > > As for the 10 times guarantee, I just made that very promise. And I'm > > even flexible on the price. How about $60.00 with no PPR? > > > > Erika's offer looks pretty interesting too. Anybody want to take a test > > drive? > > > > Matt >
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