BookMasters Selects Ingram Digital for e-Book Solutions:
May 28, 2009
Launches Digital Content Services for Publishers
LA VERGNE, TN – Ingram Digital, an Ingram Content Group company focused on solutions for digital content management, distribution and promotion, has been selected by BookMasters, Inc. to enhance its e-content capabilities with next generation digital asset management technology as well as tools for content discovery, sampling and marketing online. With a 40-year legacy in book printing, fulfillment and distribution, BookMasters acts as a full-service partner to publishers.
“Ingram Digital provides the most robust set of tools for publishers looking to launch digital strategies,” said Matt Wurster, President of BookMasters Digital Services. “We are confident that Ingram’s technology and services will deliver tremendous value to our customers as they expand their business models to match the demands of the evolving publishing market.”
The agreement with Ingram Digital enables BookMasters to offer digital services alongside its manufacturing and distribution services. BookMasters customers will be able to utilize Ingram Digital’s digital asset management and distribution platform, CoreSource®, to streamline file digitization, format conversion and distribution to multiple channels. In addition, BookMasters will use Ingram Digital’s Retail Solutions for secure and efficient e-book fulfillment.
Ingram Digital will also provide BookMasters’ customers with the ability to make print books searchable in order to drive content discovery and sales online. Ingram Digital’s ‘Browse and Buy’ widget, a tool that enables publishers to leverage Web 2.0 technology to create awareness for their products, will also be available to BookMasters’ publisher clients. The agreement between the companies will make up to 23,000 titles available in digital formats from BookMasters’ roster of STM, trade and university publishers.
“Ingram Digital is focused on enabling publishers of all sizes to take advantage of opportunities available in the digital marketplace,” said Mike Lovett, chief executive officer for Ingram Digital. “We have invested heavily in technology over the years. BookMasters’ customers will now be able to benefit from that investment and bring new and exciting digital products to market.”
ABOUT BOOKMASTERS
BookMasters Digital Services is one of the leading pre-publishing service organizations offering publishers total content management solutions. From complete project management services to editorial, design and conversion services, BookMasters Digital Services delivers solutions for print, online and e-publishing media. BookMasters Digital Services is one of three core divisions of The BookMasters Group. The BookMasters Group also includes BookMasters Manufacturing Services and BookMasters Distribution Services. For more information visit www.bookmasters.com.
ABOUT INGRAM
Ingram Content Group provides a broad range of physical and digital services to the book industry. Ingram is a leading wholesaler of trade books, spoken audio, magazines, and a leading provider of demand-driven printing and digital solutions for publishers. Ingram provides librarians and booksellers with immediate access to the largest selection of books and book-related products in the industry. Ingram’s operating units are Ingram Book Company, Lightning Source Inc., Ingram Digital, Ingram Periodicals Inc., Ingram International Inc., Ingram Library Services Inc., Spring Arbor Distributors Inc., Ingram Publisher Services Inc., Tennessee Book Company LLC, and Coutts Information Services. For more information, visit www.talktoingram.com.
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