May 2008--Volume VI, Issue 5
Each month, our Further Developments newsletter brings information and updates to your Standing Order and Continuations Programs, forthcoming audiobooks and reviews, and our Readers Advisory section, which includes author interviews, recommendations, and critiques. The navigation above this paragraph will help you get to the sections you need. Please Note:  Ingram’s popular Standing Order and Continuations Programs have moved to ipage®.  To access these lists, just log on to ipage and click on the Programs & Catalogs tab.

We have added a new section to the newsletter focusing exclusively on video content. Please visit this Sight & Sound tab to find the latest in video news, updates on upcoming video releases, and additions and changes to the video standing order program.






“. . .  home to words, wisdom, and imagination.”—Joan Bauer

Opening Day Collections
Ingram Library Services will partner with your library to help plan and prepare for your library’s opening day. With our inventory and expertise, Ingram can provide the shelf-ready materials you need, when you need them. Behind Ingram’s Opening Day Collections program is our staff of MLS-degreed librarians, whose decades of frontline library experience ensure that your customized lists are relevant, accurate, and easily accessible. Once the titles have been selected, Ingram offers more than 100 different processing options for books, spoken-word audio, and DVDs; and with BookMARC, Ingram’s authoritative cataloging database, we are able to provide fully encoded cataloging records for your library via FTP, ipage, or diskette. We know every library is different. Before opeing day and throughout the life of your library, you can depend on us to provide the title selection and programs customized to fit your operation, your needs, and your budget. For more information about our Opening Day Collection Services, contact your Account Manager, or e-mail us at customer.requirements@ingrambook.com.
Has Ingram ever considered posting blogs or podcasts on the Web?

--Interested, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Earlier this month we launched our new social networking Web site, interact.  interact is an online library community powered by Ingram Library Services. It gives librarians direct access to our collection development team and product buyers as well as interviews with today’s authors. The site features podcasts recorded by key industry experts from Ingram plus blogs with insight on what’s hot and what’s not in the library world. 

Recently, we welcomed Barbara Walters, legendary TV host and news anchor, to our La Vergne, Tennessee, facility. While in our offices, our own Editorial Manager, Amy Cox Williams, sat down with Ms. Walters for a one-on-one interview to discuss her upcoming memoir, Audition.  Visit ingramlibrary.com/interact to listen to the interview and learn more about interact. 



Sincerely,




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