Where does the list price information in Ulrichs records come from?
Publishers provide our editorial group with information about their titles at various times during the year and we research individual records, families of titles, and publisher’s offerings on an ongoing basis. The primary season for publishers to release the next year’s annual pricing is the third quarter of the calendar year. For the very large publishers, annual price lists are the norm. For smaller publishers, or for publishers who work through their distributors in order to provide us with price data, schedules may vary. The pricing information we request from publishers is list pricing. We display an “effective” year with list price data in Ulrich’s. In our experience, most publishers maintain their list prices throughout a calendar year; however, some may change their pricing on a more frequent basis. We work with tens of thousands of publishers, their agents and distributors, as well as selected third parties in order to keep pricing data as current as possible.
