R. Michael Fling is a music collection development librarian at the Indiana University School of Music. He is the author of Musical Memorials for Musicians: A Guide to Selected Compositions (Scarecrow, 2001).

The sole focus of this book is on the practical aspects of music acquisitions - how to acquire the material, and not what to acquire....Anyone involved with music acquisitions will find much of value here, especially the ample, annotated lists of vendors and sources, and the detailed descriptions of pre-order searching, verification and ordering processes. Readers with more familiarity with book acquisitions will benefit from the opening chapters that spell out the peculiarities of printed and recorded music publishing and acquisitions....Recommended highly for anyone involved with music acquisitions, particularly those infrequently dealing with music materials. This volume would also be of interest to cataloguers and general music librarians, as well as anyone seeking a more detailed picture of music acquisitions.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1. IntroductionChapter 3 2. Printed Music PublishingChapter 4 3. Recorded Music PublishingChapter 5 4. Music Publishers' NumbersChapter 6 5. VendorsChapter 7 6. Preorder SearchingChapter 8 7. Preorder VerificationChapter 9 8. The Ordering ProcessChapter 10 9. Secondhand and Out-of-Print MusicChapter 11 10. MiscellaneaChapter 12 GlossaryChapter 13 Selected BibliographyChapter 14 IndexChapter 15 About the Author

R. Michael Fling is a music collection development librarian at the Indiana University School of Music. He is the author of Musical Memorials for Musicians: A Guide to Selected Compositions (Scarecrow, 2001).

The sole focus of this book is on the practical aspects of music acquisitions - how to acquire the material, and not what to acquire....Anyone involved with music acquisitions will find much of value here, especially the ample, annotated lists of vendors and sources, and the detailed descriptions of pre-order searching, verification and ordering processes. Readers with more familiarity with book acquisitions will benefit from the opening chapters that spell out the peculiarities of printed and recorded music publishing and acquisitions....Recommended highly for anyone involved with music acquisitions, particularly those infrequently dealing with music materials. This volume would also be of interest to cataloguers and general music librarians, as well as anyone seeking a more detailed picture of music acquisitions.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1. IntroductionChapter 3 2. Printed Music PublishingChapter 4 3. Recorded Music PublishingChapter 5 4. Music Publishers' NumbersChapter 6 5. VendorsChapter 7 6. Preorder SearchingChapter 8 7. Preorder VerificationChapter 9 8. The Ordering ProcessChapter 10 9. Secondhand and Out-of-Print MusicChapter 11 10. MiscellaneaChapter 12 GlossaryChapter 13 Selected BibliographyChapter 14 IndexChapter 15 About the Author

R. Michael Fling is a music collection development librarian at the Indiana University School of Music. He is the author of Musical Memorials for Musicians: A Guide to Selected Compositions (Scarecrow, 2001).

The sole focus of this book is on the practical aspects of music acquisitions - how to acquire the material, and not what to acquire....Anyone involved with music acquisitions will find much of value here, especially the ample, annotated lists of vendors and sources, and the detailed descriptions of pre-order searching, verification and ordering processes. Readers with more familiarity with book acquisitions will benefit from the opening chapters that spell out the peculiarities of printed and recorded music publishing and acquisitions....Recommended highly for anyone involved with music acquisitions, particularly those infrequently dealing with music materials. This volume would also be of interest to cataloguers and general music librarians, as well as anyone seeking a more detailed picture of music acquisitions.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 1. IntroductionChapter 3 2. Printed Music PublishingChapter 4 3. Recorded Music PublishingChapter 5 4. Music Publishers' NumbersChapter 6 5. VendorsChapter 7 6. Preorder SearchingChapter 8 7. Preorder VerificationChapter 9 8. The Ordering ProcessChapter 10 9. Secondhand and Out-of-Print MusicChapter 11 10. MiscellaneaChapter 12 GlossaryChapter 13 Selected BibliographyChapter 14 IndexChapter 15 About the Author