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Attachment B - Brodart Agreement

City Council and Concurrent Authorities
August 18, 2026

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Attachment B - Brodart Agreement
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August 18, 2026
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City of Stockton Brodart Co. Pricing Proposal

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PRICING PROPOSAL

CITY OF STOCKTON
TERMS VALID 07/01/26 – 06/30/27

DISCOUNTS
Items will be supplied to the City of Stockton at publisher’s list price less the following discounts:

Non-Trade: Subject matter such as technical, reference, scientific, medical publications, retrospective titles, titles published by a small press for adult and juvenile readers, and/or titles on which Brodart receives minimal or no discount. Publishers whose titles have limited sales volume and/or limited demand may be in this category and will be invoiced with the nontrade discount of 11.0% or invoiced at the publisher’s list price.

Publisher’s list prices are subject to change without notice.

REINFORCEMENT SERVIC ES

FORMAT DISCOUNT
Trade Hardcover Editions 45.5%
Non-Trade Hardcover & Paperback Editions (short discount) 11.0% Publisher's Library Editions 20.5%
Prebind/Bound to Stay Bound Editions 10.0%
Hardcover Reinforced Editions (School & Library) 40.0%
Trade Paperbacks 40.0%
Mass Market Paperbacks 40.0%

SERVICE OPTION PRICE PER BOOK
BrodartGuard (Paperback reinforced with laminate) $2.75

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CATALOGING & PROCESS ING BUNDLES
Additional cataloging and processing components are available upon request. All prices are applied per book.

COLLECTION DEVELOPME NT SERVICES
The City of Stockton may select any of the following Collection Development options.

SHIPPING AND DELIVER Y

SERVICE OPTION PROCESSING COMPONENT S PRICE PER BOOK
Compleat
Cataloging and
Processing
Price Includes: MARC record, holdings tag and local call number with customized call number; Jacket (standard
taped or glued) or label protectors for books with no dust jacket; Barcode label; Branch Label, Spine label; Date Stamp (month & year); System Stamp; Customer-supplied “Literacy Foundation” label; Accompanying material package includes a “Check for…” label and a clear vinyl pocket
$4.37

SERVICE OPTION DESCRIPTION PRICE
Collection Builder Customized selection lists No charge TIPS, Silver Standard specialty selection lists No charge TIPS, Diamond Customized selection lists Up to 3 profiles for $100 monthly Up to 8 profiles for $200 monthly
Up to 15 profiles for $300 monthly
FASTips Standing orders for popular authors
and series
No charge
Continuations Standing orders for serials No charge
Bibz Online Collection Development and
Ordering Tool
No charge

DESCRIPTION PRICE
The freight charge is calculated on the item total (minimum of $0.70 item and a maximum amount of $1.15 per item) and will appear as a separate line item on the invoice.

Processed material shipments will be made by best means (USPS, common carrier or UPS ground) and will arrive prepaid for inside delivery to a central location.
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CATEGORY/BINDING DEFINITIONS

Trade Hardcover : Published with a glued binding and a hardcover. Trade hardcover editions are usually current fiction or nonfiction and are generally published for the average consumer. Publishers promote and advertise these titles more aggressively and print runs are greater than the norm.

Juvenile Trade Hardcover: Published with a glued binding and a hardcover. Current popular fiction or nonfiction books designed for children, usually with subject matter of broad appeal. Publisher promote and advertise these titles more aggressively and print run are greater than the norm.

Publisher’s Library Reinforced: Published with a high quality, usually fanned, sewn and glued binding.

Sometimes known as a "School" or "Library" binding. This binding has the durability required in a high use library setting and is usually reserved for children's materials. All publisher library reinforced editions will receive the discount quoted in this category.

Hardcover Reinforced: Published with a durable fanned and glued hardcover binding that may or may not be sewn. Also known as “Single Reinforced”, "School" or "Library" binding. Subject matter may be directed at adults or juveniles (though they are usually reserved for children's materials) and may be fiction or nonfiction.

Non-Trade Hardcover: Published with a glued binding. Subject matter such as technical, reference, scientific, medical publications, retrospective titles, titles published by a small press for adult and juvenil e readers, and/or titles on which Brodart receives minimal or no discount. Publishers whose titles have limited sales volume and those who are not in compliance with Brodart’s purchasing requirements may be in this category.

University Press: Hardcover and paperback selections from publishers that are associated with universities of higher education.

Trade Paperback: May also be known as a trade paper or quality paperback for popular and current trade titles published with a paper cover. The quality of the paper and printing in trade and quality paperbacks is usually high.

Mass Market Paperbacks: Mass market paperbacks are paperbacks sized to fit standard retail display racks; trade paperback have larger page sizes. Trade discounted paperback editions ar e generally published for the average consumer with subject matter of broad appeal.

Non-Trade Paperbacks: Published with a quality paper cover. Subject matter such as technical, reference, scientific, medical publications, retrospective publications, small presses for adult and juvenile readers and paperback titles on which Brodart receives minimal or no discount, publishers that require prepayment.

Publishers whose titles have limited sales volume and those who are not in compliance with Brodart's purchasing requirements may be in this category.

Prebind: BTSB prebinds carry a lifetime binding guarantee. With exclusive KidProof™ cover material and folded library corners, BTSB’s volumes exceed the Library Binding Institute standards. The result is longer she lf life and lower effective cost per circulation for these books.

BrodartConvert: Originally published in paperback and converted to hardcover.

BrodartGuard: Paperback reinforced with a 5-mil (2-mil spine) laminated cover.

Playaway® Digital Audio: Audio content provided on an independent player.

Spoken Word Audio: Recorded reading of a book in abridged or unabridged form on compact disc format. Also known as audiobook.

DVD: Optical disc storage media format used for playback of movies with high video and sound quality.

Blu-ray: Optical disc storage media format used for playback of movies with high definition video and audio as well as advanced interactive features

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PROPOSAL ACCEPTANCE
City of Stockton

Please sign and date below if you wish to accept Brodart’s proposal.

Printed Name Signature

Title Phone

Email Address Date

Please return the completed form to the following address or email to [email protected]:

Brodart Co.

Attn: Lisa Miosi
500 Arch Street
Williamsport, PA 17701

Upon receipt of the signed Proposal Acceptance form, a Brodart representative will be in contact with you to discuss implementation of the proposed services.

To ensure these discounts remain in effect for the duration of your project, please complete and return this Proposal Acceptance form no later than 03/09/26. Brodart reserves the right to renegotiate discounts if the Proposal Acceptance form is not returned by this date.

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