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The Elusive List Price and the FPT Factor.
Epstein, Connie C. – School Library Journal, 1983
The concept of freight pass-through pricing (FPT) as used by booksellers and publishers is explained, noting variations in FPT, recent actions and reactions, FPT pricing and libraries, and recent changes in FPT. (EJS)
Descriptors: Costs, Libraries, Policy, Publishing Industry
A Publisher's Perspective.
Epstein, Connie C. – Horn Book Magazine, 1988
Explores the question of availability of children's books through interviews with publishers on current stocking policies and trends in backlisting and reissuing. Identifies sources of encouragement of trend to identify and reissue "old favorites." (SD)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Library Acquisition, Mass Media, Publishing Industry
A Publisher's Perspective.
Epstein, Connie C. – Horn Book Magazine, 1986
Explains that the international picture book seems to be increasingly popular in the United States and that publishers are perceiving coproduction as a way to reach the retail market at a price they can afford. (DF)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, International Cooperation, Picture Books, Printing
A Publisher's Perspective.
Epstein, Connie C. – Horn Book Magazine, 1986
Discusses the renewed importance of retail sales in the children's book market and the emergence of three kinds of children's books: lavishly illustrated picture books, novels by brand name authors, and imaginative merchandise books. Discusses how children's books reach institutional and retail markets. (EL)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Marketing, Merchandising
Pricing Films, Filmstrips and Records.
Epstein, Connie C. – School Library Journal, 1984
Examines pricing practices of major producers of educational materials: Weston Woods, Listening Library, Random House Educational Media, Live Oak Media, S&S Communications Group, Phoenix/BFA, Benchmark, and Churchill Films. Royalties, production and manufacturing costs, list prices, recoveries to producers, and marketing are noted. (EJS)
Descriptors: Audiodisc Recordings, Audiotape Recordings, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education
A Publisher's Perspective.
Epstein, Connie C. – Horn Book Magazine, 1985
Outlines the dilemma facing publishers who must sell books quickly and librarians who wish to take time in selecting and purchasing books. (CRH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Business Cycles, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
Paperbacks Expand High School Collections.
Epstein, Connie C. – School Library Journal, 1983
Lists current nonfiction paperback titles of special interest to high school readers submitted by publishers such as Bantam, Harper and Row, MacMillan, and Scholastic from best of titles on their lists. Arrangement is alphabetical by publisher and citations provide author, title, price, publication date, international standard book number, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, High Schools, Library Collections, Nonfiction
Young Adult Books.
Epstein, Connie C. – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Poses the question of why coming-of-age stories about girls are usually published as juveniles while those about boys originate on adult book lists. Challenges the conventional wisdom on how best to market young adult literature. (FL)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Books, Characterization, Females