<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">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.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 21, 2021, at 3:17 PM, Smolka, Matt via AISLE <aisle@list.railslibraries.info> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">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. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 3:14 PM Kari S via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>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.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 21 Oct 2021 at 14:10, j k via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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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?</div>
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