We still are not sure how we will be dealing with the fallout of losing our primary distributor. We might be able to have one more order go out before Follett/Baker & Taylor leaves the retail market. Once that happens, we don't know what to expect. Aside from dealing with one distributor only, there will be many secondary problems that will pop up. Along with shipping out books, Baker & Taylor provided online catalogs, two main ones as well as many secondary specialized ones. While access to these catalogs might still be available, they may chose to discontinue them or limit their access. The same holds true of their on-sale date lists. We have using these lists to create both our Books page as well as our Upcoming Releases board sign in the store. We have lists for the next two months, but we might not have anything to go on after that. The library market isn't as strict in needing to know street dates for books. Speaking of books, we should be able to continue to get most of your books, as well as many sideline supplies, but there could be some problems. The biggest one would be for the customer. We will have to have people pre-pay in total almost every book ordered. We will not be able to get the books in otherwise, as we would need to pre-pay the distributor before shipping as well. Also, shipping charges would be needed, especially if books are needed within a certain time. Things are still up in the air, so stay tuned for official announcements of what we will be doing. See you soon.
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