SOMEONE FOR GOD SAKES TALK ABOUT THE BLUEBOOK! Most of this board's talk is about clothing, stores, and grumpy managers. BIG DEAL! FOLLETT is BUILT on their BLUEBOOK! I want SOMEBODY "IN-THE-KNOW" to go into details what is happening with the Bluebook. Is it outsourced? Indians working on it? WHY EVERY 2015 is "0.00" please explain! Follett is in the USED BOOK BUSINESS, we've lost sight of that. New books can be gotten from the publisher, STUDENTS WANT USED BOOKS for christsakes. WHY does it look like this whole concept has DISAPPEARED? I used to work at one of the LARGEST stores, but couldn't buyback anything. I have theories, maybe the BLUEBOOK is secondary, maybe NO profit in it? Maybe Follett's new model is to buy DIRECTLY from publishers as they NEED the books? Rather than stockpile every book under the sun? There's gotta be someone who used to know BT or RK or one of the S's to write a response to this.
8 replies (most recent on top)
Capital letters mean I am ticked off.
Instead of saying that their focus is elsewhere, lets state it like it is. You lay off all the existing bluebook related knowledge and staff and then it falls apart - what did you think would happen.
It's been noticed, and it's of concern to many of us. I'd have to agree the focus has been everywhere BUT text given how arbitrary and last minute decisions have seemed (90% adoption compliance? surprise! Return ALL the books!) I'm also eager to see where things are going.
Why are you extensively using CAPITAL LETTERS?
we sell shirts and toys
At the last town hall, they said they needed the first 2 years to fix retail, and now they are going to focus on wholesale. They have it all under control. Stay calm and carry on.
It seems like Follett has given up on the book business.
Doesn't exist anymore.