Dear Sir, The reasons why a library administrator go for varying discount rates for supply of books to the library may be different In case of bulk purchase of textbooks say for a medical library tender may be called and the supply order allocated to the highest bidder of the discount rate. On the other hand for government or society publications the discount rates may be low or none. Similarly for foreign publications and books bought directly at book exhibitions the discount rates may be varying. In case of limited edition publication and richly illustrated books discount rates may vary too. Regards Dr. T. Shahab HMS Central Library Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Vinod Kumar Mishra < vinod_librarian@rediffmail.com> wrote:

Dear All,

May i know the reasons for varying discount rates for the supply of Books and other reading materials in the Library. I observed that same suppliers provide different discount rates in different Libraries, the discount rates varies from 10% to 25%.

I hope i will get some genuine reasons behind this else i may assume that:

1. It is mismanagement or lack of negotiation power? 2. Kind of corruption in personal interest?

Thanking You.

With regards, Vinod Kumar Mishra, Assistant Librarian, Biju Patnaik Central Library, NIT Rourkela, Mob:91+9439420860 91+6612462103 (O) email: vinod_librarian@rediffmail.com : mishravk79@gmail.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.