-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re:      Melody maker cessation/subscription agent
substitutions --             Stefanie DuBosse
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 08:00:24 -0500
From: "J. Shore" <jshore2@chuma.cas.usf.edu>

Stefanie,

I'm in the middle of a three day workshop on cataloging and not at work,
so
I'm writing this from memory.

We received a letter from IPC publications, the publisher of Melody
Maker
and New Music Express, informing us of the change. Effective with the
Dec
20, 2000  issue Melody Maker was being absorbed by NME. They went on to
tout
their remaining publication and detail the affects of the combination.
They
also said how the expiration would be computed.

They also gave us the opportunity to get a full refund if we replied by
a
certain date. (In our case, that was Jan 31, 2001.)

So it isn't something your vendor did, but rather something the
publisher
did. They also did give you a choice, but unfortunately you didn't get
the
letter.

Yours,
J.

J. Shore
Serials Librarian / Cataloger
Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
shorej@thpl.org

 -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: melody maker cessation/subscription agent substitutions
> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 16:03:39 -0500

> Apparently Melody Maker has ceased recently, and our vendor substituted
> New
> Musical Express.  Upon examination it appears that these are two
> entirely
> different titles...do other subscription agents do this as well?  I'd
> think
> that the new choice would be entirely up to us, but I'm still relatively
> unexperienced in these matters.
>