TBT Strategies

The time has come: Talking Book Topics (TBT3 / TBT4) is being handed over to the network libraries for duplication. Per our previous article on the topic : you have two options for distribution.

• The quickest, easiest, simplest option is to send it with your other NLS serials (usually as the DS medium). If many of your TBT subscribers also get other serials, they can travel on the same cartridge to save you some labor.
• The option that will give you the most control and the best statistics is to give it a unique medium (such as TBT). This option allows you to send the TBT on a different day of the week from your other serials, and ensures that a patron already at cutoff for serials can still get the new TBT so long as they’ve returned the previous one.

Let us know which medium you want to use, and we’ll get the Serial title set up for you. Either way, new issues will load automatically ready-to-duplicate just like all the former MOCs.

See the full TBT Strategies article for options for reviewing and weeding your subscribers list, sending a form letter, handling the TBT Order Form, and available support. You have options for how to move forward depending on how hands-on you want to be: if you can invest some time and/or send an Opt-In form letter now, it can save you time duplicating TBT issues for patrons that won’t make use of them. 

Great post, Katy!
Here is the text for our large print postcard and email to all active subscribers, we are doing a fresh start:
Hello to our valued patrons of the Florida Braille and Talking Book Library!
We are making changes to the Talking Book Topics (TBT4) on audio cartridge. You are listed as a subscriber to this magazine.
Please let us know if you are still interested in receiving this.
TBT4 will no longer come in a red container with an order form included.
• It will be a clear container, like your other magazines.
• Contact the library for an order form.
You may send an email with your requests or call us and we will be happy to enter them. You can also use our online catalog to enter your requests yourself. Contact us and ask us how!
or 1-800-226-6075