The Middle Men is a small organization that works on a grand scale to buy and sell used books to and from libraries and used bookstores across the southern region of the U.S. This organization allows for libraries and bookstores to purchase high quality used books at a price much lower than the market price. Books are bought from other vendors, from other organizations to individuals, and then resold to the libraries and bookstores. Damaged books are refurbished and all books are inspected to ensure like new quality of the material.
Libraries and bookstores are encouraged to establish accounts with The Middle Men, through individual sales representatives, to allow fluid exchange of materials. Clients are encouraged to makes sales as well as purchases. Each sale representative is in charge of multiple accounts for clients across the region, and work primarily through emails and phone calls. They are responsible for learning which books the client is in most want of, focusing on books that are more difficult to obtain from a mass producer or out of regular sales for a while, though newer titles are as equally obtainable when requested.
The Middle Men consists of the sales representatives, the number of which is determined by the flow of clientele, there are currently five with approximately ten clients each. An “Investigator” is responsible for finding new clients, searching for libraries and bookstores that desire the offered service and then assigning each new account to a sales representative. There are also five book binders who inspects the quality of the books bought and sold and fixes necessary issues. There is a “traffic director” who is in charge of shipping orders and ensuring the arrival of the materials. There is also a secretary for secretarial reasons.
Books are bought, sold and shipped on a daily basis and is hoping to expand into the rest of the country to help provide libraries and bookstores with quality books for less money.
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