April 04

How To Find Great Deals on Bulk Books

When educators, military offices, government agencies, businesses or non-profits need multiple copies of a single title- what are their options for easy shopping?
With so many options to shop these days from big retail discounters like Wal-Mart, Target, Costco & Sam’s Club to small local book stores and endless online options organizations searching for large quantities of books have a multitude of choices these days. When a school teacher for example wants to find a great deal on lots of copies of classroom novel sets or freshman reading program books the teacher may call into the publishing houses as a first option. But that requires so much legwork since publishers traditionally sell to book stores, online resellers like BookPal, or big book chains like Barnes & Noble.
Another option to try would be a general online retailer that discounts or resells used books like Amazon.com. The issue there is that generally they negotiate on a per copy price not on multiple copies of the same title. So then you have the headache of ordering from multiple sellers- private and small companies and then tracking those packages from multiple shipping locations! What a hassle! What BookPal has done is create a way for organizations such as educators, non-profits, military offices and government agencies to access discounts based on the bulk amount of books purchased and ship them for one low flat rate directly from our warehouse or the publisher’s. This process is easier, more streamlined and definitely more cost and time-efficient.
Aside from simplifying the process of buying books at one low price in large quantities, <a href=”http://www.book-pal.com” title=”BookPal”>BookPal</a> offers other great features including book customization for gifts, bulk discounts when ordering in conjunction with another organization, and always low, fast shipping. And since BookPal maintains great relationships with all the publishers for the books, they are never out of stock because any title can be shipped directly from the publisher’s warehouse! What online discounter can claim that?! Buying lots of copies of a book used to be a huge hassle- but now BookPal.com offers you convenient shopping options at deep discounts. Remember, buying in bulk doesn’t have to be a huge inconvenience anymore, take advantage of the easiest way to shop for large quantities of books right here on www.book-pal.com.

BookPal President and OC Metro Top 40 Under 40 Honoree Has More Big Plans for 2011

<a href=”http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/6/prweb8570546.htm”>Irvine, CA (PRWEB) June 15, 2011</a>

<img class=”alignleft border” title=”A Lovely Love Story Cover” src=”http://bookpalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Tony_HS_Suit_WP_BG_Small-200×300.jpg” alt=”" width=”200″ height=”300″ />BookPal, LLC a worldwide supplier of bulk books had the honor of its President, Tony DiCostanzo, being named as an OC Metro <a title=”OC Metro Top 40 Under 40″ onclick=”linkClick(this.href)” href=”http://www.ocmetro.com/t-CoverStory_40_Under_40_08_TonyDiCostanzo.aspx”>Top 40 Under 40 Honoree</a> in this year’s May entrepreneur focused issue. The magazine reviews hundreds of nominations each year to create its prestigious list of young professionals.

While DiCostanzo is grateful for the recognition, he is even more excited to be planning ways BookPal can begin giving back to the community. His team is working on launching a non-profit arm of BookPal, named BookPal Gives (bookpal.org coming soon). The non-profit will provide book donations to literacy programs, children’s hospitals, schools, and other organizations unable to purchase the books they need. BookPal Gives’ mission is to promote and instill a love of books for children and help organizations that are dealing with financial challenges continue to be able to provide books as part of their community programs. BookPal has directly supported organizations in the past with deeper discounts, free shipping and complementary copies of books, but looks forward to significantly increasing these initiatives under the BookPal Gives umbrella which will allow BookPal to do even more to serve its community and establish a life-long love of reading.

The next big project coming down the pipeline in 2011-2012 will be the launch of Skoob Media (skoobmedia.com to be launched soon). This digital content creation arm of the bulk book retailer’s business will take BookPal’s expertise in corporate, education and government book purchasing trends and partner with publishers to create digital content for customers’ use on tablet computers like the iPad. In addition, Skoob Media will develop unique <a title=”E-books for Tablet PCs” onclick=”linkClick(this.href)” href=”http://www.book-pal.com/eBooks-in-Bulk-s/2780.htm”>e-book</a> content for tablets. With 25 million iPads sold in just 14 months, and recent announcements by hospitals, airlines, retailers, pharmaceutical companies, etc. who are planning to provide these devices to employees, the need for apps and content sold in bulk and suited for their needs continues to soar.

Fifty Shades of Grey is Anything but Gray!

<a href=”http://bookpalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fiftyshadesofgrey.gif”><img class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-392″ src=”http://bookpalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/fiftyshadesofgrey.gif” alt=”" width=”121″ height=”187″ /></a>Released in April, <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em> by E L James is already one of the most discussed books of 2012, having been featured on all major media news outlets, and was even mentioned by President Obama on a recent episode of The View.  In the week leading up to Mother’s day, sales of <em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em> jumped 40% compared to the earlier week, selling almost 443,000 copies, pushing total sales to about 1.5 million at outlets tracked by BookScan.  <a href=”http://www.book-pal.com/Fifty-Shades-of-Grey-Book-One-Bulk-Wholesale-p/9780345803481.htm”><em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em> in bulk</a> (Paperback) is available on our website, as well as the sequels, <a href=”http://www.book-pal.com/Fifty-Shades-Darker-Book-Two-Bulk-Wholesale-p/9780345803498.htm”><em>Fifty Shades Darker</em> in bulk</a> (Paperback) and <a href=”http://www.book-pal.com/Fifty-Shades-Freed-Book-Three-Bulk-Wholesale-p/9780345803504.htm”><em>Fifty Shades Freed</em> in bulk</a> (Paperback). Releasing in June, <a href=”http://www.book-pal.com/Fifty-Shades-Trilogy-Bulk-Wholesale-p/9780345804044.htm”><em>The Fifty Shades of Grey</em> trilogy box set in bulk</a> will also be available on our website.

The New York Times says about <a href=”http://www.book-pal.com/Fifty-Shades-of-Grey-Book-One-Bulk-Wholesale-p/9780345803481.htm”><em>Fifty Shades of Grey</em></a>, “Ms. James created a story that adds kinkiness to the basic formula: a rich, handsome bachelor falls for a young, innocent beauty. There’s always a hitch; usually the hero has a secret weakness that only the heroine can handle and that ensures that she alone can hold his affection.”