In the days of electronic publishing, print-on-demand and web based research, one might imagine that the demand for out of print material is in decline. On the contrary!

OPen  The Dawson Out of Print Service

Dawson now offers three distinct Out of Print book services:

Select which service to use on a title by title basis, so you get the benefits that best match your needs for that title.

OPen Direct

•  Search, select and order using enterBooks.com. Choose books according to your price and condition requirements and place your order using EDI, on-line, e-mail or post – simple and Direct .

•  OPen Direct books are serviced and catalogued as normal, and invoiced & despatched with your usual book order. OP en Direct titles are subject to your library's full discount and are inclusive of all supplier carriage costs.

•  All titles more than £100 attract a further 10% reduction.

•  Titles sourced in the USA are delivered daily to Dawson Books.

•  OPen Direct is YOUR cost effective solution for acquiring, servicing and cataloguing out of print books.

Your usual Customer Team contacts can assist with all aspects of the OPen Direct service.

OPen Extra

•  OPen Extra gives you choice and relieves staff intervention - you pre-specify your rules for price and condition. Order in the usual way and indicate the OP en Extra code to notify that the OPen Extra service is required.

•  Dawson 's qualified librarians search the databases of all major out of print suppliers. We seek out the copy that best matches your criteria. If we can't find a copy matching these criteria, the OP en Extra team will contact you with alternatives. Moreover, if a suitable copy cannot be found the OPen Extra team will search again at a later date.

•  OPen Extra titles are invoiced as normal - there's no need for the library to have a credit card to purchase these books. OP en Extra titles are supplied and invoiced separately from regular titles. Dawson is currently unable to process or catalogue books provided through the OPen Extra service.

•  It's your Extra bespoke, personalised service for Out of Print.

And Now ...

OPen Extra Plus  An enhanced Out of Print book service for today -

•  Set up upon request by you!

•  You specify the price, condition and quantity guidelines.

•  No fuss - Dawson will automatically transfer new book orders when we receive out of print reports from publishers.

•  We will notify you that the order has been transferred to the OPen Extra Plus service.

•  Dawson's qualified librarians search the database of all major out of print suppliers. We seek out the copy that best matches your criteria. If we can't find a copy matching these criteria, the OPen Extra Plus team will contact you with alternatives. Moreover, if a suitable copy cannot be found, the OPen Extra Plus team will search again at a later date.

•  No need for a credit card! OPen Extra Plus titles are invoiced as normal.

•  OPen Extra Plus titles are supplied and invoiced separately from regular titles.

•  Generic servicing can be provided, and Dawson can also supply catalogue records.

For more information about OPen Extra and OPen Extra Plus please contact Dawson Books.