Flexible Ordering for Schools
Interested in purchasing more books from us? A Flexible Prepaid Membership might be for you! Check out these FAQs to learn more.
What is a Flexible Prepaid Membership? This option is only available for school members. A Flexible Prepaid Membership is an extra service that we offer on top of your standard school membership. By prepaying a certain amount of money ($1000 minimum), you can order books directly from your prepaid account. This makes ordering easier for your school as you will only have the one invoice to pay, rather than separate purchase orders to complete.
Is this like a Standing Order? This is not an official standing order service. You can choose to pick books yourself, based on our reviews, or we can set up your Flexible Membership like a standing order. Choosing for yourself is our most popular option so you can tailor your orders to your library and students. If you do want a standing order, you just need to tell us the types of books that suit your library (i.e. I would like clean Secondary Fiction novels). We can overlap your standing order with our New Release newsletters, which happen twice per term.
How can I top up my Flexible Prepaid Account? Your Flexible Account can be topped up at any point throughout the year. We will let you know when your account funds drop below $200 so you can think about whether you would like to add more funds. You can top up your account with any amount of money, starting at $500. You can line up your Flexible Prepaid Membership payment with your school membership payment to help with your budget. Please note that funds are encouraged to be spent within the relevant membership year but can be used on any (in print) books in our review database.
How many books do you review for us to choose from? We are reviewing approximately 600 books a year with a backlist database of over 5000 reviews. Some of these reviews may be outside the scope of your school, but each order form will contain approximately 40-50 titles to choose from.
Is there a cut-off date to order based on the featured order form? No, there is no cut-off date. It will be faster to supply books if ordered directly after the order form has been released as most of the time these will feature new releases. However, backlist titles can also be chosen. There will always be space on our order form for you to add whatever you like. As all orders are completed with upfront payment there is no extra quote or purchasing process to do at the time of ordering.
Do we receive any extra discount off retail? All prepaid flexible members will receive 12.5% discount off the recommended retail and a flat postage per order of $15.00. The postage fee can also be deducted against the prepaid amount to keep accounting simple.
How do you select which books to feature? We closely monitor which books are being released each month (from a wide range of large and small publishers within Australia, New Zealand and overseas) and select the most interesting titles to review.
Are the books reviewed always new releases? The vast majority of new reviews are new releases, however we will also review titles that have previously not been featured. Examples include international titles that were not previously released in Australia, books in series where you might want more details (or one of our reviewers wants to keep reading), books from small publishers in Australian or New Zealand (or indeed international).
Can I order books without being a Flexible Prepaid member? Although our service is not primarily a book selling service, you can make orders from us without being a Flexible Prepaid member. As a standard school member, you get 10% off the RRP of books.
Where can I sign up? Please email us at admin@novelinsight.com.au. If you would like any more details and are considering this service for the next school year, we can arrange to call you and help set you up. We can also invoice you straight away if you're ready to get started!