Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-24 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Graham Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:27 AM To: cams...@lists.carleton.edu Cc: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant Fellow camslib/videolib folks, A faculty

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-24 Thread Jessica Rosner
...@lists.carleton.edu Cc: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant Fellow camslib/videolib folks, A faculty member recently requested we acquire a film titled White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books. At the site

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-21 Thread Linda Duchin
The price for a 16mm 5-year lease for classroom use only was between $1500 and $2000! Linda Linda Duchin VP Nontheatrical Sales New Yorker Films 220 East 23rd St., Ste. 409 New York, NY 10011 linda.duc...@newyorkerfilms.com www,newyorkerfilms.com Phone: 212-645-4600 On 9/20/12 8:08

[Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Richard Graham
Fellow camslib/videolib folks, A faculty member recently requested we acquire a film titled White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books. At the site to purchase it, the dreaded tiered pricing plan appears (http://newsreel.org/video/WHITE-SCRIPTS-BLACK-SUPERMEN), with

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Norman Howden
Richard, I'll shoot a thought at that invitation. If the independent video authors and agents could get their works listed with jobbers, particularly Baker Taylor, Blackwell, and others that serve higher ed, then they could lower prices some because they'd have a bigger audience. On the

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Dennis Doros
Dear folks, Just some information back. Even at $25 (and less), I sell about 50 to 150 copies of any of my DVDs to the colleges, high schools and public libraries of America. There are very few institutions left who buy indie DVDs and BluRays because they *should* be offering them to their

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Anthony Anderson
In my past life long before I ever got in the acquisition of DVDS, I worked here at USC as a serials librarian. With the pricing of academic journals, there always been a two tiered system of pricing. There is one rate which an individual pays for a subscription, and what a university library

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread handman
Hi Not many things are currently rousing me from my post-retirement lethargy, but this issue does. You're talking about buying a title from a distributor that has exclusive distribution rights. What's going on here--tiered pricing with specific stipulations re use--is really matter of business

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant (Jessica Rosner)

2012-09-20 Thread nahum laufer
+ From: Richard Graham rgrah...@unl.edu Subject: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant To: cams...@lists.carleton.edu cams...@lists.carleton.edu Cc: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: ddaa91b1d53bc14dba679e49ea74af11195a4...@by2prd0811mb441

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Susan Albrecht
Richard wrote: A faculty member recently requested we acquire a film titled White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books. At the site to purchase it, the dreaded tiered pricing plan appears (http://newsreel.org/video/WHITE-SCRIPTS-BLACK-SUPERMEN), with public and

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Music Hunter
PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant Susan at Wabash College wrote: Richard, you asked if any of us ever try to work with publishers/producers/small distributors. My answer is YES, and I did so in yesterday's case . I'm not necessarily

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Susan Albrecht
Susan at Wabash College wrote: Richard, you asked if any of us ever try to work with publishers/producers/small distributors. My answer is YES, and I did so in yesterday's case . I'm not necessarily opposed to the concept of tiered pricing for these kinds of films, but I *do* object to having

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread John Hoskyns-Abrahall
@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant To add to this ongoing discussionÅ  a question directed to those who have been in the industry for a long timeÅ  What were the going charges for a film in 16mm back in the day before video? I recall wanting desperately to have in my

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Jessica Rosner
...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Nellie J Chenault *Sent:* Thursday, September 20, 2012 4:01 PM *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant ** ** I do not object to institutional pricing