The MBS Database
One of the most valuable services we offer our customers is the ever-expanding
MBS Database. Released 12 times per year (additional updates available to FTP
users), our database contains detailed information about nearly 600,000
text, trade, and ancillary titles. No other wholesaler offers a buying guide of
this size and quality; the MBS database is simply the best maintained, most
accurate, and most complete source of college textbook information available.
The MBS Database provides:
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Information about and cross-referencing of
hundreds of thousands of used and new books, including university press titles,
trade publications, and medical texts
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The latest textbook list-price changes
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Details about edition and availability changes
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Values for more than 115,000 wholesale-priced titles
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A semi-annual directory of publishers comprised of more
than 8,000 publisher contacts
Managing Our Inventory
The MBS warehouse located in Columbia, Missouri is another example of our
commitment to developing, implementing, and employing cutting-edge technology
to achieve greater efficiency. We take great pride in sharing these
facts about our operation and how we manage our inventory.
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Warehouse size: 330,000 square feet
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Textbook storage capacity: 8.1 million volumes
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Books processed annually: 17 million
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Titles in stock and ready to ship at any given time:
120,000
