On Wed, 2 Aug 1995 MUMMJ@vmsa.csd.mu.edu wrote:
> Perhaps one way to "battle" back is for everyone to contact their main
> book vendors who would have dealings with Georgetown Publishing House.
> Explain that this is not a favored way of doing business, and ask if they
> can put some pressure on the publisher to stop.
I had some information about who originally supplied Georgetown with the
mailing list containing our agency information -- in this case, Clark
Boardman Callahan -- since our purchase order number with CBC actually
appeared on the mailing label, so I DID call CBC and explain my concerns
to them. They were very accommodating, and offered to take my name off
their mailing list (although they did not agree to stop selling the list
to Georgetown, which, I think, would have been the proper remedy in this
case).
So you are right about one thing -- while we as librarians can wield
considerable power if only we stand together, in this case there is
nothing that we can do to prevent the use of this seriously questionable
marketing tactic. I just hope Georgetown Publishing Reps. are reading
this when I say that, in the future, when I receive ANYTHING with a
post-it note on it from a vendor, it will go DIRECTLY INTO THE TRASH CAN
without my having read it. My time is too valuable to waste.
Donna F. Cavallini
Library Program Administrator
Attorney General's Office
PL01 The Capitol
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050
TEL 904-922-9924
FAX 904-921-5784
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