Selecting and Ordering your Books
We are regarded as the Supplier Selection experts, with many years of experience working with Profiles, Budgets, Check-out Stats and Demographics Reports. You can engage us to select your stock (Supplier-Select), or you can select your own stock (Customer-Select). You can even mix and match :-)
Option 1 : Supplier-Select
We select Stock on your behalf
The trend in the UK is for a combination of supplier select, and EDI. Heads Up! This is the most cost effective option. Almost 80% of our libraries opt for Supplier Select.
Profile and Budget
You provide a profile and budget for each language. We work closely with each library to ensure that suitable stock is selected for your demographics.
Review and Adjust
We review requirements regularly, and adjust supplier-select profiles accordingly. If your library uses collectionHQ (SmartSM) or Bertrams Engage, we can also utilise this readership data in our stock selection profiles.
Review and Reporting
Our Selections are reviewed quarterly against subsequent issues stats. We provide Management Information (MI) Reports of all stock ordered from Books Asia.
We work with the top Publishers and Distributors across 17 countries, to source the best foreign-language books. For each language, we aim to source at least 250 quality titles every year.
Option 2 : Customer-Select
You select your own Stock
Some libraries have the benefit of Community Librarians or Local Volunteers. Heads Up! Some libraries 'Mix and Match' their Supplier Select and Customer Select model.
Review Selection
We'll review your Selection and confirm availability, suggesting alternatives if needed.
Supply and Follow-Up
We supply the stock in the agreed timeframe, followed by your MARC records.
Our Transliterated Booklists are uploaded at least once a week. We work hard to source any book you may require, from anywhere in the world.