Retailer Information

Paul’s products at Drama Book Shop in New York City

Paul Meier Dialect Services is always pleased to welcome a new retail outlet for our line of accent and dialect instruction books, booklets, and CDs. We would be pleased to include your store among those around the world offering our products.

 

PRODUCT INFORMATION

DIALECT INSTRUCTION BOOKLETS are attractively perfect-bound with a full-color cover and are printed one-side only, and accompanied by one CD. Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 inches (28 x 22 cm). Weight: 7 ounces (200 grams). Pages: 23-30, depending on booklet.
DIALECT INSTRUCTION BOOKS: Accents & Dialects for Stage and Screen  is perfect-bound, has full-color back and front covers, and is printed double-sided. The new Deluxe Streaming Edition has 426 pages (with sound files available as streaming audio), while the original CD version has 370 pages, with the accompanying 12 CDs bound into the back of the book for safe, permanent storage.  Dialects of the British Isles is perfect-bound, has full-color back and front covers, and is printed double-sided. The accompanying 5 CDs are bound into the back of the book for safe, permanent storage. Dimensions: 11.5 x 9 x 0.5 inches (29 x 23 x 1 cms). Weight: 2 pounds 10 ounces (1.19 kg), and 1 pound 3 ounces (0.54 kg).

 

ORDERING

  • minimum order of ten booklets or five books
  • 15% discount for stores, online stores, and catalogues
  • Free instructor’s copy with orders of five or more copies
  • remittance net 30 days after establishing credit with a pre-paid first order
  • returns in 60 days by request only (books must be in their original shrink-wrap)
  • 10% re-stocking fee
  • same-day Priority Mail shipping to U.S. destinations, and Global Express shipping for non-US destinations, for orders received before 10 am EST; 2-3 days to most US destinations, or 10 days to most global destinations, with faster Express options available. To calculate shipping, use United States Post Office shipping calculator.
  • remittance accepted in US dollars (or GB pounds for UK retailers), electronic transfer, credit card through PayPal (we send you an e-invoice), checks, or money orders. CLICK HERE FOR:
    A PRINTABLE ORDER FORM AS A WORD DOCUMENT
    A PRINTABLE ORDER FORM AS A PDF

 

ANCILLARY SERVICES

Setting Paul Meier Dialect Services apart is the synergy between their products and the following range of additional services:

  • Zoom coaching, in which Paul works by Zoom with a client using books, booklets, and CDS, perhaps purchased at your store.
  • Show-specific dialect recordings, in which, perhaps, a theatre in your city leases Paul’s unique production service.
  • The International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA), which Paul founded, containing hundreds of  recordings of native dialect speakers.
  • Paul’s interactive IPA demo, the most popular and effective way to learn the International Phonetic Alphabet; also available as an app for your iPhone or iPad or Android mobile device.
  • Dialect Workshops, which may be sponsored by your store.
  • In-person dialect coaching, perhaps at a theatre in your neighborhood in conjunction with Paul’s show-specific CDs and other products, increasing your local client base.