Book+Reviews+Ordering+Tools

**ORDERING TOOLS **
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 * Bound to Stay Bound []
 * COST: Free to browse
 * PUBLICATION: Bound to Stay Bound
 * REVIEWERS: lists where to find reviews from other sources
 * SCOPE: Children's and Young Adult books
 * UNIQUE: Some videos are linked to the book and even audio samples
 * Brodart [|http://www.brodart.com]
 * COST: Free to browse
 * PUBLICATION: Broadart
 * REVIEWERS: No reviews published (unless you go to "shopbrodart.com" where any user can comment on the furniture they sell)
 * SCOPE: Sells books, furniture, and supplies (like book care)
 * UNIQUE: This website is more informational and you cannot buy the individual books you'd like directly from this site (unless I simply couldn't find it--if so, it's a website design problem!). They do explain how they create their hardback books, though.
 * Follett’s Titlewave
 * COST: No Cost to browse, but one must have an account.
 * PUBLICATION:Follett Library Resources
 * REVIEWERS: Includes reviews from various sources (like // Booklist) //
 * SCOPE: All books for school libraries, including ebooks and media
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">UNIQUE:can order by "subscription" instead of individual books. Can also order by lists like state awards (Mark Twain Nominees, for example)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Personal experience: loses entire orders! My school currently uses Follett for most of our library book ordering, and strangely, they lost our entire order for this year. It just disappeared from their website after we gave them a PO and they gave us a shipping date! Luckily, after a few phone calls, it was all straightened out very quickly and promptly. Great customer service, or so my Central Office said!
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Amazon
 * COST: No cost to browse
 * PUBLICATION: Amazon sells for themselves, but a variety of companies can sell through them as well.
 * REVIEWERS: Can link or copy reviews from professional sources, but also has individual reviews from the consumers as well
 * SCOPE: Although it began as an online book store, it now sells anything you can think of to buy!
 * UNIQUE: It is where someone can go to get a good view on what the average person might think of a product, and orders over $30 (if from Amazon themselves) is often without shipping costs.
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">REFLECTION ON THE TOP TOOLS I WOULD LIKELY USE: **
 * Although I have had that issue with Follett,I would stick with them. I really like how it comes with all the materials and downloadable information that works really well with Destiny. My school orders the barcodes, AR labels, and spine labels, too. This saves a //lot// of time. Although you can find great deals (I buy from them on a personal basis frequently) from Amazon, they don't work well with schools and their Purchase Orders (or so I've been told.) However, it might be a great site if you are trying to find one copy of a book instead of a larger order. That said, I'd like to see librarian's reviews and price comparisons on Bound to stay Bound. I found them intriguing!