This update is part of our ongoing commitment to better serve our global community. Italian-speaking users can now easily navigate and access all of our content in their preferred language by selecting Italian from the language options. Benvenuti!

We’re glad to announce a new collaboration with Editis Group for the Torrossa platform. In the near future we will start adding eBooks from 72 French publishers, including prestigious publishers such as Dalloz, La Découverte, Perrin, Robert Laffont, CNRS éditions and First Édition

Earlier this week Cambridge University Press (CUP) experienced a cybersecurity incident that has affected their IT systems. This will cause a delay in the supply of orders. CUP has indicated that they will not be able to supply books in the coming three weeks. We will provide you with updates as they are made available.

Please find here the official statement from CUP:

Cambridge University Press & Assessment has experienced a cybersecurity incident

We were able to respond to this incident quickly and took immediate action to contain it and limit its impact. As part of this action, we have had to take some of our systems offline as a precautionary measure and are working to restore these as quickly as possible.

Most customer-facing platforms remain live and there has been no impact on the current exam series.

We are also aware that a group has claimed that data related to our organisation has been published online, and we are working to verify this claim. We are continuing to investigate with the support of external experts and the relevant authorities, including the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre.

Our investigation into what happened remains ongoing and the experts we are working with have advised that it will take some time to complete owing to its complexity. We will provide further updates as soon as we can.

https://www.cambridge.org/news-and-insights/technical-incident

Oxford University Press (OUP) is closing its systems for “a number of weeks” from mid-March to mid-April, during which time the publisher will not be able to process sales orders or invoices, issues purchase orders, or respond as quickly to customer and supplier queries.

Shipments from OUP’s UK and US warehouses will also be disrupted during the same period and some purchase options on its e-commerce sites will also be offline.

The changes are happening as part of OUP’s efforts to modernise and streamline its back-office systems and processes with the introduction of a new SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, which it says will enable “consistent, standardised processes in areas such as procurement, inventory, manufacturing, supply chain, finance and customer service”. The majority of OUP’s digital services, platforms and products are unaffected by the changes.

A spokesperson told The Bookseller: “At OUP, we produce a wide range of products, including journals, monographs, reference works, music, textbooks and children’s books, and make these available across a range of languages, often in both print and digital formats.

“OUP is releasing a new enterprise resource planning system for both the UK and US to align our back-end systems and processes so that we can work as effectively as possible.

“To minimise the risk of any issues with our services after the ERP upgrade has happened, we are conducting a careful, controlled pause of our different systems, during a quieter time of the year, before moving to the new system.”

OUP said it “recognise[s] some customers may be impacted in the short-term" and said it has “updated them where necessary, including more specific updates since January”.

“We have also taken steps to help customers plan ahead, including supplying them with our bestselling titles for the shutdown period and working with wholesalers in both the US and UK to ensure stock and backlist titles will be available. Finally, we can confirm that our team will still be on hand to respond to any customer queries and provide support during the shutdown period.”

From the Bookseller: Mar 6, 2024 by Sian Bayley

An initial collection from Brepols international academic publisher includes all e-books published between 2017 and 2023, now available for purchase through the Torrossa Digital Library and Bookstore.

Torrossa and Brepols are pleased to announce their new collaboration which brings many of the publisher’s most recent publications to the Torrossa Digital Library and Bookstore. The e-books are available both for institutional purchase by libraries and research institutes, and for purchase by individuals for personal use.

Over 800 e-books have already been added to the Torrossa catalogue, all published between 2017 and 2023 and covering a range of subjects, from linguistics and literature to history, theology and social sciences. Further additions will be made to the catalogue in the future, as new publications are released in digital format.

“We are delighted to welcome Brepols to Torrossa”, stated Ludovic Lautussier, Director of Digital Sales. “Their catalogue offers a wealth of outstanding academic publications which we are confident will be enthusiastically received by subscribing institutions and indivudual users alike.”

An international academic publisher founded in 1796, Brepols is committed to producing high-quality, distinguished publications that will have a lasting scholarly impact. An independent firm, it plays an active role in the scholarly community, running its own research centre in Turnhout, Belgium. It publishes in the humanities, with a particular focus in history, archaeology, history of the arts, language and literature, and critical editions of source works.

For further information contact info@torrossa.com.

Due to the growth of the company, Erasmus Boekhandel BV is looking for several new employees. 

Erasmus Boekhandel BV has been around for 90 years and specializes in the supply of academic books and journals to academic libraries in Europe and the rest of the world. We have more than 60 employees with offices in Amsterdam and Paris, and collaborate with preeminent Italian library supplier Casalini Libri. The Erasmus working environment is collegial and informal.

Ordering and invoicing department, full-time

This staff member is responsible for the fast and accurate processing of incoming orders, the follow up of orders, and the accurate production of invoices.

French- and German-speaking customer service, full-time

These team members are responsible for the daily contact with customers They play an active role in providing efficient and innovate solutions to meet our customers’ needs.

Journals department, full-time

This staff member is responsible for processing of journal orders, publishers' invoices and incoming journals. 

Candidate profile

• MBO+ level of thinking;
• work experience in bookshops or publishing is recommended;
• good command of Dutch or English;
• for customer service vacancies we are looking for employees with German or French as their mother tongue. For the other positions, some knowledge of German, French, Spanish and/or Italian is an advantage;
• practical attitude with commercial and customer-friendly insight;
• proficient in Microsoft Office;
• team spirit and collegial attitude;
• affinity with books and/or journals;
• In principle, these are full-time positions, but part-time (at least 4 days a week) is negotiable.

We offer for all vacancies:

• a varied and interesting job close to the center of Amsterdam;
• employment on the basis of the Collective Labour Agreement for the Bookshop;
• salary above the scales laid down in the Collective Labour Agreement.

Written applications with CV should be sent to:
Managing director, Erasmus Boekhandel BV, P.O. Box 19140, 1000 GC Amsterdam
Email: erasmus@erasmusbooks.nl

Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel is delighted to announce that its merger with Houtschild Internationale Boekhandel will come into effect on 1st June 2023. The combined company, under the leadership of current Managing Director, Dirk Raes, will continue to operate under the name Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel BV, with headquarters in Amsterdam.

The union of the two companies brings together their long-established expertise in academic book supply, in order to reinforce their strengths, reaffirm the range of services on offer, and remain competitive in an increasingly complex industry. Houtschild customers, while maintaining their existing customer service contacts, will now have the option to benefit from additional services, such as Erasmus' New Title Information, covering forthcoming academic titles in a wide range of subjects from the Benelux, France, Scandinavia, Germany, the UK and the USA, and skill in selecting titles for supply on approval plan.

"We are delighted to welcome on board our Houtschild colleagues and excited about the opportunities our fusion presents", stated Managing Director, Dirk Raes. "We are confident that the merger will enable us to further increase our efficiency and allow us to provide the best possible services to our customers."

Founded in Amsterdam in 1934, Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel has since become a preeminent name in the international book trade, specializing in the areas of art and art history, and providing a comprehensive service to university, research and specialist libraries. Its subsidiary in Paris, Librairie Erasmus, founded in 1990, guarantees efficient delivery of French publications.

Since its foundation in the Netherlands in 1974, Houtschild International Booksellers has made a name for itself as an outstanding supplier of academic books and journals from all countries, in all languages, specialising in the supply of English and foreign-language European publications to academic, corporate and government libraries.

For further information on the merger and what it means for your library, contact your customer services representative or write to us at erasmus@erasmusbooks.nl.

What is the official, registered name and address of the merged company?

Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel BV 
Veemarkt 207
1019CJ Amsterdam 
The Netherlands

Phone: +31-20-535 34 33
Fax: +31-20-620 67 99
E-mail: erasmus@erasmusbooks.nl

Chamber of Commerce: 33044879 (Kamer van Koophandel Amsterdam)
VAT number: NL007025117B01
EORI number: NL007025117

For Houtschild customers:

How long will the Houtschild bank accounts remain open?

• You can continue to pay into the current Houtschild bank accounts until the end of August 2023.  After that date these accounts will be closed.  If you prefer, payments can already be made to the Erasmus accounts.  Please always make sure when paying to mention the invoice numbers concerned. 

What happens with my outstanding orders?

• Outstanding monographic orders ordered at Houtschild will remain recorded and supplied by Erasmus when the books become available. 
• All your standing orders at Houtschild are being transferred to Erasmus.  Future volumes will be sent from Amsterdam with Erasmus invoices. 
• Journals continue to be sent directly from the publisher if such is the case now.  Renewals will be handled by Erasmus later this year. 
• Journals with a consolidation service at Houtschild will transfer to a consolidation at Erasmus.  Renewals will also be handled by Erasmus later this year. 

 How to order books?

• Via ordinary mail: please send your orders to the above mentioned physical address 
• Via e-mail: please send your orders to erasmus@erasmusbooks.nl
• Via our websites www.erasmusbooks.nl or www.erasmus.fr (for French books only): please contact us in case you have not yet access to our website.  We will create a profile for you and send the instructions on how to login. 
• Via EDI: for those clients who currently send their orders via EDI to Houtschild, you will be contacted shortly with further details  

Where should returns be sent to?

• Please contact your current Houtschild contact for further information. 

I have accounts both with Houtschild and Erasmus. What will happen to my accounts?

• The Houtschild account will be migrated to Erasmus and, for now, remain separate using the Houtschild account number. At a later stage Erasmus might contact you about merging your accounts.

How to reach my Houtschild contact?

• Please be informed that all current Houtschild e-mails remain valid for the foreseeable future.   

 For Erasmus customers:

The merger of Erasmus and Houtschild will have no consequences for Erasmus customers.

For Publishers:

What happens with the Houtschild orders:

• During May Houtschild will stop ordering from suppliers. Books for Houtschild customers will be ordered by Erasmus
• On June 1 all outstanding Houtschild orders will be migrated to Erasmus. After that date all books should be sent to Erasmus, see below for addresses.

Where should monographs, standing orders and journals be shipped to?

For books and standing orders, please use these addresses.

For journals, if the journal is being sent to Houtschild in Rijswijk, please change the address to Erasmus. If the journals issues are sent directly to another address, please continue using that address.

• Main Netherlands address:

Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel BV
Veemarkt 207
1019CJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands

For Dutch publishers, aansluitnummer Vervoercentrale: 7121076

• If you have been using a delivery address in the USA, UK, or Germany, please use these:

USA:
Woodland Group – Media Division
For: Erasmus Amsterdam / IBS / AIR
560-596 Bercik Street
Suite #1
Elizabeth, NJ 07201

United Kingdom:
WBS / IBS
Attn. Erasmus Boekhandel, Amsterdam
Dollymans Farm
Doublegate Lane, Rawreth
Wickford, Essex
SS11 8UD
United Kingdom

Germany:
International Book Service GmbH & Co. KG
Attn. Erasmus 1019CJ Amsterdam
Benzstraße 21
48619 Heek
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany

If you have any questions or if we can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us.

“Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel”, fournisseur de livres aux bibliothèques universitaires et institutionnelles, est une librairie historique fondée en 1934 et basée à Amsterdam et à Paris.

Recherche pour son bureau amstellodamois un(e) collaborateur(trice) pour intégrer l’équipe du Service clients.

Candidat(e) idéal(e) a un esprit d’équipe, aime le domaine de livres, connaît le milieu universitaire, a une excellente rédaction en français et est à l’aise avec l’environnement numérique et informatique.
En effet, vous serez co-responsable d’accompagner nos clients francophones et de leur fournir les informations adaptées à leurs demandes. De la prise en charge des requêtes spécifiques au domaine du livre, en passant par le traitement des commandes jusqu’à leur suivi, vous serez chargé(e) d’apporter des solutions adéquates et éclairées.

Amené(e) à résoudre les problèmes de manière proactive et organisée, il vous faudra communiquer facilement au sein de votre équipe Service clients (en Français), en liaison étroite avec les autres départements (en Anglais et/ou Néerlandais). Une formation progressive en interne vous sera proposée afin d’intégrer le plus rapidement possible l’environnement du travail au sein de la librairie.

Responsabilités :
Communiquer avec les clients par mail.
Fournir des réponses éclairées aux questions sur les ouvrages, les prix et la disponibilité de ces derniers.
Coopérer avec les départements internes pour répondre aux besoins des clients.
Saisie de données sur diverses plateformes numériques internes.

Qualifications :
Langues : Français, Anglais.
Néerlandais serait un plus.

Excellente étiquette et excellentes compétences verbales, écrites et interpersonnelles. Capacité à effectuer plusieurs tâches, à organiser et à hiérarchiser le travail.
Au moins 1 à 3 ans d'expérience de travail en librairie serait appréciable.

Secteur d'activité : Librairie / Fourniture de Livres.
Contrat : CDD 38 heures, 1 an renouvelable
À pourvoir de suite.

CV et Lettre de motivation en français à envoyer à erasmus@erasmusbooks.nl
N’hésitez pas à nous contacter en cas de questions et/ou demandes d’informations complémentaires.

Casalini Libri and Erasmus Boekhandel are pleased to announce a series of agreements with some of Europe's most authoritative and respected academic publishers, for an ever more comprehensive coverage of scholarly publishing from across Europe.

The result of a co-ordinated effort and continued investment in the Torrossa Digital Library, the new partnerships confirm the further evolution of the platform, which now offers access to almost 400,000 monographs and over 1000 scholarly e-journals from more than 450 European publishers.

The new entries to the Torrossa Digital Library bring to the catalogue a wealth of scholarly material published in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Spain and beyond.

From the University Presses of Leuven and Bielefeld to the well-known academic publishers De Gruyter, Peeters Publishers, and John Benjamins, now available in Torrossa are a range of interdisciplinary publications with a strong focus on the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as scholarly works in many, diverse subject areas. They are joined by specialist publishers Oxbow books, Birkhäuser and Mohr Siebeck, as well as publisher of professional resources, Wolters Kluwer, to further expand the Torrossa catalogue.

“Erasmus is delighted to help bring new publishers to the Torrossa Digital Library,” stated Dirk Raes, Managing Director of Erasmus Boekhandel. “Over the last twelve months Torrossa has seen an increase not only in the number, breadth and diversity of the titles in its catalogue, but also in the quantity of content available in English, French, Dutch and German language. This further reinforces its position as one of the principal platforms for European digital research content, while enabling us to offer additional value to libraries and research institutions.”

Among the most recent publishers to have signed agreements, Torrossa welcomes long-established names Duncker and Humblot, Boom/Eleven and Reimer Verlag, together with the respected publisher of study resources, Éditions Ellipses, and the dynamic Grupo Editorial Sargantana. Titles from these publishers will be made available through Torrossa in the coming months.

In October 2022 major UK distributor Turpin went into administration. This affected many publishers, among which Brill, Berghahn, Emerald and Liverpool University Press to name a few (...complete list). Some of the publishers distributed by Turpin moved their distribution to Turpin’s sister company Orca/Marston. Others have taken the distribution into their own hands or partnered with other distributors.

Complete list of former Turpin publishers:
• Berghahn Books Ltd
• Brill
• International Labour Organization
• Liverpool University Press
• The O.E.C.D. (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
• The Royal Society
• White Horse Press
• Callan Method Organisation
• The Commonwealth Secretariat
• Dunedin Academic Press
• Emerald Group Publishing
• Fiscal Publications
• 5M Publishing
• ILM Publications
• IWA Publishing
• John Harper Publishing Ltd
• SEN Press
• Spiramus Publishing
• World Trade Organization
• Zophorus Books

Setting up these new arrangements has taken considerable time and has put huge pressure on the operations of the new distributors, causing delays of at least 4-6 weeks with distributors like Orca/Marston. Publishers are also still struggling to get the stock released that is still held at Turpin due to legal and administrative restrictions. As a result, only now, nearly 5 months later, we and all other vendors are receiving the first few print-on-demand books from Brill publishers. Their offset-printed books will not be available until Summer.

We are in close contact with all affected publishers regarding the status of your orders and will keep you updated. We are very sorry for the inconvenience caused by these delays and thank you for your understanding in this matter.

For any questions you might have, please contact us at erasmus@erasmusbooks.nl.

We would like to introduce to you the changes and improvements we have made:

Over 58 million publications

Our new database holds over 58 million publications from all corners of the world. That is more than 52 million on our Erasmus Amsterdam website ( https://www.erasmusbooks.nl) and more than 6 million on our Erasmus Paris website (https://www.erasmus.fr).

Until now our websites featured a comprehensive database for English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Italian language publications, but we now include recent Danish, Swedish and Norwegian publications as well.

The bibliographic quality of publications has also improved. When available, we now show more descriptive data, classifications (such as BIC, Dewey and Thema) and summaries (descriptions, table of contents and bibliographical notes).

Up-to-date technologies have dramatically improved speed throughout our website and will deliver you better search results, faster.

Quicksearch suggestions

Our Quicksearch input will now show suggestions as you type, making it easier to find what you are looking for. These suggestions can be filtered by Title, Author, Publisher, Keywords, Torrossa (our e-book platform) and NTS (Erasmus' curated selection). All from the Quicksearch input itself, available anywhere on the website.

Aftersearch filters

Our Aftersearch filters have expanded to now include the possibility to filter by:

• Availability (Available, Forthcoming, Out of print, etc...),
• Product type (Hardback, Paperback, Digital, etc...),
• Years of publication,
• Publisher,
• Series,
• Contributors,
• Countries of publication,
• Classification (List of available schemes)

All filters dynamically recalculate their totals, as you apply them. Allowing for complicated deep dives such as 'Forthcoming hardbacks from India with thema Architecture' or 'Available paperbacks from Spain by Pablo Picasso'.

Sorting by relevance

By default your search results will now be sorted by 'Relevance'. This relevance is based on our curated New Title Service selection, year of publication and on how many times your keywords occur in the bibliographical record and in which places.

It is of course always possible to change the sorting to alphabetically by title, author/editor, publisher or by ISBN or Publication date, ascending or descending:

We hope the new database will give you a better experience using our websites. If you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to contact us at erasmus@erasmusbooks.nl