I would definitely double check with the subscription agent – but note that the prices on the website are usually for individuals  -- not institutional pricing.  There usually is a separate link to the institutional pricing.

Sandy

Sandhya (Sandy) D. Srivastava

Electronic Resources Librarian

New York Institute of Technology

Wisser Library

Northern Boulevard

Old Westbury, New York 11568-8000

Telephone: (516) 686 - 3790

Fax: (516) 686 - 1152

Email: ssrivast@nyit.edu

From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum [mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Susan Dresye
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:14 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Publisher price increase!!!!

I was just curious, as we don't subscribe to this anymore, but the "thread"
interested me, so I went to the Scientific American website.

The print magazine can be bought for $24.95/year, and
the Digital version is closer to $40/year.

I'd check w/your subscription agent, and find out where the mis-communication is.

Sue


Gillert, Richard wrote:

We also received a price increase notice, but our price is not going up near that much.  It looks like it just doubled.  
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum on behalf of Stephen Clark
Sent: Thu 9/24/2009 10:08 AM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: [SERIALST] Publisher price increase!!!!
 
Hello,
 
We just received a notice from our subscription agent that Scientific 
American was raising their print subscription price for 2010 from $41.91 
(which includes the agent's service charge) to $299.00  Has anyone else 
received this outrageous increase notice? 
 
We are in the process of contacting the publisher to find out what might 
be the cause of this dramatic price rise.
 
Stephen
 
 

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