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PACKING SLIP INFORMATION
The following information is being provided to help customers interpret the information contained in the description section of a packing slip or invoice for books that are in production (i.e., works in progress). The book Glencoe Health: A Guide to Wellness (Student Workbook) is being used as an example:
Line 1: GLENCOE HEALTH: A GUIDE TO WELLNESS
Line 2: (STUDENT WORKBOOK); ISBN# 026515652
Line 3: Vol; Braille pgs; C. 2001; GRADE: High School
Line 4:
Line 5: THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION.
Line 6:
Line 7: SV1-SV3 AND V1-5/745
Line 8: 344 LDS
Lines 1-3 in the description section identify the book title, ISBN, Copyright year, and Grade. The number of volumes and total braille pages remain unentered (empty) until the book is entirely complete.
Line 5 indicates that the book is in production and more volumes are forthcoming which will be shipped upon completion of each volume.
In Line 7 the information "SVI-SV3 AND V1-5" means: "SV" in front of a number, or set of numbers, is an abbreviation for "Supplement Volume" and a "V" in front of a number, or set of numbers, is an abbreviation for "Volume". Therefore, "SV1-SV3 AND V1-5" means Supplement Volumes 1 through Supplement Volume 3, and Volume 1 through Volume 5 are being mailed in this shipment. After the listed volumes being shipped a diagonal line appears with a number after it. In this case that number is 745. The number 745 represents the number of braille pages in the shipment.
In Line 8 "LDS" is an abbreviation for "Line Drawings". Therefore, "344 LDS" represents 344 line drawings are contained in the total number of volumes in the shipment.
It is also important to note that when we receive purchase orders with multiple books that are in production we assign separate invoice numbers to each individual book. Multiple copies of the same book are assigned one individual invoice number. The purpose of this is so we can invoice our customers upon the completion of each individual book title. All books in production are completed at different times and we cannot invoice a customer for the price of a book until the book is complete and all volumes have been shipped to the customer.
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