The best information I have received from vendors is that they expect that
the major publishers worked the expected postage increase into their 1995
prices and that we won't see supplementals for postage from that group.

Smaller publishers may have not done so.  Again, the vendors I have spoken
to expect that the small publishers will increase 1996 prices, but that most
won't go back and readjust 1995.  We can only hope.

Jim Mouw

>Date: Thu, 01 Dec 1994 12:22:59 -0500
>From: "Scott B. Wicks" <sbw2@CORNELL.EDU>
>Subject: New Postal Rates
>
>I haven't yet heard any of our vendors make predictions as to the impact of
>the new postal rates on our domestic serials budgets.  Has anyone tried to
>make an educated guess?
>
>I realize that it is up to the publishers to adjust their prices.  A 70%
>increase will most certainly not go unnoticed!
>
>My staff and I were expecting to have reduced the quantity of supplemental
>invoices this year.  It was a nice dream.
>
>--Scott Wicks
>
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