[aisle] Follett Book Order

Mon Oct 25 16:24:19 CDT 2021

I placed an order in August and got most of my books in less than 3 weeks,
but I tried to order books that were in stock and I order mine unprocessed
since so many get shelved in my EASY, GRAPHIC, or SERIES sections. I did
have to call to get the rest of my shipment because they were still waiting
for a few books.

Christine Cahill
Teacher/Librarian
Carrie Busey Elementary School
304 Prairie Rose Lane
Savoy, IL 61874
217-351-3811
cahillch at u4sd.org

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 6:55 PM Kirsten Innes via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I echo all that has been said above. I am on the Follett Advisory Board
> and we discussed this last month as well. THe fastest way to get your
> books, the ones that they actually have, is to order your processing
> unattached. Britten Follet apologized and basically said all that Kathryn
> just stated.
> I ordered some books to give as birthday books to our students from
> Scholastic over 6 weeks ago and we still do not have those either. It is so
> hard to be patient!
>
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 6:32 PM Kathryn Green via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I have a friend who works for Follett in McHenry. We met up the other day
>> and here is the issue with the orders.
>>
>> Follett has always been on the top 100 companies to work for. They never
>> had positions open and a wait list to get hired. They have 250 job openings
>> in the warehouse in McHenry. No one is applying and they cannot get the
>> books out.
>>
>> Their book fair department was doing outstanding until March 13, 2020.
>> The company is considering shutting this down due to the low numbers of
>> book fairs scheduled.
>>
>> During Covid shutdowns, they lost a great deal of money and stopped
>> shipping. Books were sitting outside of schools dropped there by FedEx. I
>> remember that I had to talk to a manager and give her a credit card number
>> to get them to shop the 2021 Monarchs, Bluestem’s, Caudill’s, and
>> Lincoln’s.
>>
>> There is a paper shortage and no one to man the presses. Publishers do
>> not have the books we are ordering. Places like Bound to stay bound are
>> going to hit the wall soon as we all scrounge for books. I used Amazon
>> quite a bit for older books that were damaged by students. Remember when
>> they were $.01 with $3.99 shipping? Those books are gone and the prices for
>> used books is astonishing.
>>
>> Follett was NOT purchased by Baker & Taylor. Follett BOUGHT Baker &
>> Taylor.
>>
>> Kathryn Green
>> OCUSD220
>> District Librarian
>>
>> On Oct 21, 2021, at 4:14 PM, Mary Jo Matousek via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>> I have heard all Book Vendors / stores are having trouble getting
>> books.  This is because of shortages of everything from Paper and Ink.  And
>> if they were printed overseas,  they could be sitting in a port waiting to
>> be unloaded. Then they need trucks to transport to publishers, vendors, and
>> book stores.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Oct 21, 2021, at 3:17 PM, Smolka, Matt via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> I've found ordering things unprocessed gets them to me quicker.  I also
>> try to only order items from them that say they are in stock.  With that
>> said I haven't ordered nearly as much from them this school year as I did
>> in the past.  I've been ordering from a local bookstore and the shipping
>> times are much better.  The only drawback is I can't get library bound
>> books.
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 3:14 PM Kari S via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> Follett is normally great. I think the majority of the issues this year
>>> have to do with supply chain/backorders from the publishers. While they
>>> were sold recently, I am not sure how much of it has to do with that.
>>> They've been slow since before the sale so I think it has to do with the
>>> supply chain.
>>>
>>> I have unfortunately decided not to buy from them for a while until
>>> things get a little smoother. I ordered a shipment on July 30th and only
>>> received them a couple of weeks ago. It's just too much lag time for it to
>>> make sense for me right now, even if they do process all of my books for me.
>>>
>>> On Thu, 21 Oct 2021 at 14:10, j k via AISLE <
>>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Have you had this happen?  Most of my Follett book order came back with
>>>> a packing slip full of titles that are Out Of Stock.  I only received 15
>>>> books and the rest were cancelled.  Do you know if I might have better luck
>>>> ordering from a different book company...Or, might this be a problem for
>>>> most book companies?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Julie Knott, Elementary School Librarian
>>>> Tolono and Philo, IL
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