No Books! No Books? Books!

Here's the way the exchange went on the subject of books.  (I'm deleting some names just in case.)

From: 1325txt2 [mailto:1325txt2@follett.com]
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 10:49 AM
To: tmartin@ccsf.edu
Subject: ESL 142: title is out of print

Hello Professor Martin,

Unfortunately, “College Oral Communication 2 (w/CD)” by Byrd , is now out of print and no longer available from the publisher.  We could only get 7 copies of the text for your ESL 142 Spring section.  Please let us know if you want to use a different title.

Thanks and Happy New Year!

...
Team Lead

J.B.

 

From: Tina Martin [mailto:tina_martin@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 3:27 PM
To: 1325txt2
Subject: RE: ESL 142: title is out of print

Dear J.,

Thank you for letting me know.  I was surprised when the students told me today that the book isn’t available!  Why didn’t the publishers let you know sooner?  I think we in the ESL Department placed our book orders in October 2013!  I just found out from the author, Ann Roemer, that after the original publisher, Houghton Mifflin, sold their College ESL division to Heinle Cengage, Heinle Cengaage filed for bankruptcy.

It now looks as if I’ll teach a second section of ESL 142, and I’d really like to use that book for both classes because it’s the best speaking-listening book I’ve ever seen for this level.   Can you order them from Amazon.com?

I hope this will be a happy new year!  Best wishes to you!

                Tina Martin

From: 1325txt2 [mailto:1325txt2@follett.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 1:47 PM
To: Tina Martin
Subject: RE: ESL 142: title is out of print

Hello again Professor Martin,

We were able to place an order of “College Oral Communication 2 (w/CD)” over the phone.  When we would place an order online, Cengage’s automated service would email us back saying that the title was out  of print and no longer available.  I’m so sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.

Jermaine

Thank you for letting me know this good news.  I’ll tell my students.  Do you know when they’ll arrive?

                Tina