Publisher Benefits
If you're a publisher, you're in the right place. Use Online Selection & Acquisitions to:
Expand Your Audience
With Online Selection & Acquisitions, you brand books; we instantly extend the presence of your brands to a global market. Prospects need not be TLC customers to see your offerings.
Print a Catalog
Flag titles from your online inventory or create a list by specifying cateogory, publication date range, and binding. Edit and manipulate your list online. When you're finished, download the list in a one of the popular formats for for your art department or printer.
Manage your in-print database
Enter new titles and batch load existing in-print titles into the Online Selection & Acquisitions database. Download all or part of your database in MARC, Comma Delimited (CSV), Microsoft Excel, or Access database formats. Forward your downloaded Onix records to wholesalers, who prefer this format, to expand your market.
Publicize new lists or titles instantly
The data you enter is instantly available to all Online Selection & Acquisitions users. Your forthcoming title information will be available to the people making purchasing decisions and to the wholesalers that will sell your products!
Determine press run
Guage the reception to forthcoming titles by mining the Online Selection & Acquisitions database. Summary information is available by title and market segment to tell you how your forthcoming title is being received by the library community. Determine press run from preliminary order and selection activity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the cost?
If you don't make sales, you won't be obligated in the slightest. Titles that you sell through Online Selection & Acquisitions are subject to a small commission, which is probably far less than the typical discount or commission you give distributors or sales personnel. We've created a reasonable price structure that enables you (and TLC) to profit from this great new product. Since we operate on commission, we don't make money unless you do. Our accounting system will tally your daily sales and send you a monthly bill. For more details, contact TLC Direct Sales at 800-325-7759.
If I list my titles here, do I have to pay for sales made through existing channels?
No. Only orders placed at the physical or internet address you enter on your registration page are subject to the commission. You are not obligated for sales made through unaffiliated distributors or other distribution channels.
Does this service allow price shopping?
No. All prices listed are Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP), as determined by the publisher. If we do not receive price information directly from a given publisher, we obtain it by a heirarchical algorithm that factors in the source and currency of the information.
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