Thanks , I'm also aware of this , BCI Publication alias Book Shoppe from Bangalore also was present in that world book fair. And mostly they don't charge more than the book price ,if you are aregular customer.Rather will provide some discount if possible. -----Original Message----- From: G. K. Manjunath [mailto:gkm@igidr.ac.in] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 11:03 AM To: HENAG Cc: K.S. Chudamani; Prafulla Chandra; lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: RE: [LIS-Forum] Buying foreign books Regarding database of suppliers and the publishers they represent, I would like to inform , that British library has published such online directory, for British publishers. The directory published by National Book Trust during World Bookfair, 2004 has listed all the suppliers, who participated in the fair, along with the names of publishers they represent. Many publishers from US are not represented in India. I wonder whether there is any supplier to import books published by ALA. If there are no authorised stockists or representatives, then postage will be too high as mentioned by Mr.Chandra. Barnes and Noble, whom I met recently in US are willing to supply books to Indian libraries if the business offered is US $5000/- per year. They also offer about 20% discount. We at IGIDR have prepared database of suppliers in the area of social sciencs. The data can be provided in ISO2709 format for those who are interested. g.k.manjunath CHIEF LIBRARIAN INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH FILM CITY ROAD ( GEN.VAIDYA MARG ) SANTOSH NAGAR GOREGAON ( EAST ) MUMBAI - 400 065 INDIA e-mail : gkm@igidr.ac.in http:// www.igidr.ac.in/lib/library.htm phone 91-22-28490653 ************************************************ On Tue, 6 Jul 2004, HENAG wrote:

Very good suggestion MS Chudamani, It should be a forum like where all suppliers account should be there.

Regards hena

-----Original Message----- From: lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in [mailto:lis-forum-bounces@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in]On Behalf Of K.S. Chudamani Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 3:16 PM To: Prafulla Chandra Cc: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: [LIS-Forum] Buying foreign books

Now it is high time that all the book sellers come together and create an accessible database for searching and procuring books in India

Chudamani

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