Rivistas Subscription Services is a full service magazine subscription agency designed specifically for public libraries and school libraries. With a strong dedication to the library market, Rivistas Subscription Services exists to take the work load off of the library and act as a resource for all things magazines. We help libraries by helping them manage, order, maintain and renew their magazine subscriptions. We are all-things-magazines for libraries.
You can quickly search for the specific magazine and newspaper titles you are looking for or you may browse by category. Our promise is to make discovering and ordering new titles fun, enlightening, simple, quick and easy – with service always at the core of everything we do. We want to automate as much as possible and use technology when we can, always keeping in mind that the personal touch is vital to our success.
We prepay your subscription orders directly to the publishers, ensuring a fast, reliable and guaranteed delivery. We have done this for over 24 years and have this down to a science! We submit orders to the publishers on a weekly basis, providing a prompt and efficient service for you.
With company leadership who have served the library industry for over 24 years, Rivistas Subscription Services knows the ever-changing needs of the library when it comes to dealing with serials. Establishing a web presence and online portal for ordering and renewing magazines, Rivistas Subscription Services serves the needs of any library who orders magazines and newspapers.
An Introduction To Rivistas Subscription Services
Who are you?
We have been asked the question “Who are you? What kind of magazine industry experience do you have?” Rivistas is headed up by Tony Howell and Bonnie Cribbs. Both are former Vice Presidents at a leading subscription agency. Tony developed software for subscription services for 22 years and also served as General Manager of Operations, headed the IT department. Bonnie Cribbs was responsible for sales, customer service, publisher relations, was a library account manager and later was responsible for marketing. Bonnie excelled when it came to account management for public libraries and school libraries – these types of libraries became one of his passions. Knowing the library world is ever-changing, Bonnie & Tony wanted to establish a web-based system that would enhance the way libraries ordered their magazine subscriptions. That, along with a strong desire to provide an outstanding customer experience, Rivistas Subscription Services was introduced.
Follow Us!
Since you love magazines, you will love being a part of our online community!
Our tweets share details coming from some of your favorite library industry sources, favorite blogs, exciting cultural events and it gives us a place to engage with our customers. From reviews, articles, video links… you name it – we love talking about magazines, so be sure to follow us on twitter. @rivistas
You’ll find facebook referencing the same type of material and a great place to interact with us!
Are you addicted to Pinterest like we are? We’ll share some of our favorite covers, favorite magazines and reading spaces. We’ll even help you create a board that lets you pin your favorite magazines!
What is your return policy?
We will prorate any unreceived portion of your subscription based on the publishers records and return the remaining portion to you. If you do not like your subscription, just let us know and we’ll make it right. Your satisfaction is our goal! We can also help provide sample copies on the front end, ensuring your order the magazines that best fit your needs.
How long does it take my magazine subscriptions to begin?
Rivistas Subscription Services submits orders to publishers and fulfillment centers on a weekly basis, ensuring your subscription begins as quickly as possible. Most magazine publishers indicate it will take between 4 and 8 weeks for typical start-up of your subscriptions. If you are renewing your subscriptions, we work hard to make sure you do not miss any issues, nor receive any duplicates.
What is your privacy statement?
Our use of information:
Services and transactions. We use your personal information to deliver services or carry out transactions you have requested, such as providing information request for magazine subscriptions, processing subscription orders, answering customer service requests, facilitating use of our websites, and so forth. In order to offer you a more consistent experience in your interactions with Rivistas, information collected by our websites may be combined with information we collect by other means.
Website improvement. We may use your personal information to improve our websites and related products or services, or to make our websites easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing our websites to your particular preference or interests.
Communications. With your permission, we may use your personal information gathered via our websites to inform you of products or services available from Rivistas. When collecting information that might be used to contact you about our products and services, we will always give you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving such communications. Moreover, each e-mail communication we send includes an unsubscribe link allowing you to stop delivery of that type of communication. If you elect to unsubscribe, we will remove you from the relevant list as requested.
Our use of cookies and web beacons:
Cookies are small files that websites save to your hard disk or to your browser’s memory. We may use them to track the number of times you have visited the site, to track the number of visitors to the site, to determine and analyze visitors’ use of our sites (including the effectiveness of online advertising), to store information that you provide such as your preferences, and to store technical information useful for your interactions with our websites. We may use session cookies (cookies that are deleted when your browser session ends) to store your user ID, elements of your user profile, to facilitate your movement around our websites (particularly in connection with information searches and order placement) and other information useful in administering the session. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your computer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the features of Rivistas’ websites or other websites that you visit. Our site also may contain electronic images known as web beacons – sometimes called single-pixel gifs – that allow us to count the number of users who have visited those pages. We may include web beacons in promotional e-mail messages in order to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon.
Our use of web analytics:
Rivistas Subscription Services uses industry standard web analytics to track web visits.