Out-of-Print book availability
One of the more frustrating aspects currently when selectors order back titles is that the titles frequently end up unfulfilled. When ordered in a competitor's system these titles would have been sourced through a rather robust out-of-print network of vendors that ensured availability for these back titles (such as Alibris or Abebooks). It would be great to see such a service incorporated in Rialto so that these titles do not go from ordered>>back ordered>>backorder duration reached, order canceled.
Jennifer Matthews
shared this idea
The Rialto team has reviewed this idea and this work has been planned on our short-term roadmap. Thank you for your feedback and support.
Best,
Heidi Whitehead
Rialto Product Manager
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Tomas Virgin commented
The idea of making out-of-print books more accessible through Rialto is a valuable suggestion. Libraries and institutions often struggle to find these rare titles, so a feature that tracks availability or suggests alternatives would be incredibly useful. It would enhance the ability of librarians https://www.academicghostwriter.org/our-samples/ to provide comprehensive collections even when certain books are no longer in print.
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Fran Abbs
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We would like to be able to place iFound orders in Rialto instead of having to check Oasis if a title is out of print on Rialto Market. We had hoped to stop using Oasis with the switch to Rialto so it is disappointing that we still need to use it for out of print titles.
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Fran Abbs
commented
Related to this, in Oasis we can use the iFound service to order Out of Print books, and we would like to see this added to Rialto so that we no longer need to use Oasis at all. I'm not sure if this would count as a separate Idea so will add it as one but also comment and support this Idea.