Books published by general publishing houses will not be sold directly to libraries. At this time, there needs to be a middleman to operate (publishing house-middleman-library). This middleman who specializes in library business is called a library dealer.
Most private bookstores and Xinhua Bookstore have such a department facing the library business. They provide services such as book purchasing and processing to the library, and the library only needs to find a library distributor to purchase, return and provide various services.
At present, all books purchased by libraries are subject to tender, so there is competition among different library distributors. Which library naturally prefers, with high book collection rate, good service and good reputation?
Extended data:
Analysis of library distribution market;
1. From the discount situation, Chongqing 20 18 has the lowest discount of 5.2 fold; The highest discount in Beijing is 76%, and Beijing keeps the best discount.
2. From the library's point of view, the discount of library books is decreasing year by year, and the market environment is getting worse.
3. From the publishing house's point of view, the average pricing of single-variety books has been increasing in recent three years. Although the average price of books is increasing year by year, the growth rate is slowing down.
4. From the publishing house sales ranking, in 20 18 years, Science Publishing House has the highest proportion of book sales, reaching 3.39%, which is the favorite publishing house of library distribution channels; Electronic Industry Publishing House, Tsinghua University Publishing House, People's Posts and Telecommunications Publishing House and Social Science Literature Publishing House followed closely.
5. From the sales ranking of art publishing house, People's Art Publishing House did not make the list in 20 16, ranked second in 20 17, and finally jumped to the top in 20 18. Combined with the situation in the past three years, the sales ratio gap of art publishing houses is getting closer year by year.
6. According to the sales ranking of the Earth Science Alliance, Liaoning Science and Technology Publishing House topped the list for two consecutive years, followed by Qingdao Publishing House. Beijing Science and Technology Press jumped from the sixth place in 20 17 to the top three.
7. According to the sales ranking of Ancient Books Publishing House, the Commercial Press continues to occupy the first place, and the proportion of sales keeps increasing, from 20 16 18.20% to 20.95% of 20 17, and then to 25.95% of 20 18. Zhonghua Book Company's sales increased rapidly, ranking in the top three and entering the 10% mark.