Booksellers and Distributors in the US Will Have Access to Instant Price, Availability and Ordering Information Online New Providence, N.J. - January 17, 2006 - Penguin Group (USA) Inc. (PGI) has partnered with PubEasy® The Global Publishing E-Marketplace™ for booksellers, wholesalers, and publishers. PGI’s entire title file is now available to all booksellers and distributors with a PubEasy password. Booksellers can receive their free password for PubEasy by registering online at register.pubeasy.com.
PGI plans to support the following PubEasy features: - Obtain pricing with real-time availability
- Place and track orders
- Receive email order acknowledgments
- Check order status and backorder status of all your PGI orders
- Batch transfer title lookup and ordering via /TRANSACT™
PGI will also become the first publisher to offer a new PubEasy feature, allowing customers to use promotional codes when placing orders. Now, all booksellers’ on-line ordering needs are found in one place. PGI encourages all customers to register and become a member of PubEasy.
According to James C. Clark, Vice President of Order Fulfillment,”We are excited to offer PubEasy as an ordering and order tracking option for our US and global customers. We look forward to serving our customers via this well-established online resource.” "We are very pleased to welcome Penguin Group USA to the PubEasy community in the US," said Charles Halpin, General Manager of PubEasy. "PubEasy now offers access to ALL of the major trade publishing imprints in the U.S., creating a comprehensive, one-stop ordering and order information portal accessible through PubEasy’s user-friendly interface. We look forward to supporting Penguin’s commitment to supply its customers with state-of-the-art service." About PubEasy
PubEasy
is a division of Bowker, the world's leading source for
bibliographic information. PubEasy offers thousands of publisher
imprints and millions of titles to over 16,000 booksellers
in 110 countries. Publishers, distributors and wholesalers
join PubEasy to get exposure to a large universe of potential
clients, while increasing the ease with which those booksellers
can conduct business with their suppliers. Visit the PubEasy
web site at www.pubeasy.com to learn more. About Penguin Group (USA)
Penguin Group (USA) Inc. is the U.S. member of the internationally renowned Penguin Group. Penguin Group (USA) is one of the leading U.S. adult and children's trade book publishers, owning a wide range of imprints and trademarks, including Berkley Books, Dutton, Frederick Warne, G.P. Putnam's Sons, Grosset & Dunlap, New American Library, Penguin Books, The Penguin Press, Philomel, Plume, Puffin, Riverhead Books and Viking, among others. The Penguin Group (www.penguin.com) is part of Pearson plc, the international media company. About Bowker
Bowker is
the world's leading source for bibliographic information.
The company provides searching, analytical, promotional, and
ordering services to publishers, booksellers, libraries, and
patrons through national and international brands, including: Books
In Print®, Global Books In Print®, Syndetic Solutions™,
Pubnet®, PubEasy®, PubTrack™, AquaBrowser®, and more. In the U.S.,
Australia and Puerto Rico, Bowker is also the exclusive ISBN and
SAN Agency and a DOI registration agency for the publishing
industry. Bowker is headquartered in New Providence, New Jersey,
with operations in East Grinstead, England, and Port Melbourne,
Australia. For more company details, please visit
www.Bowker.com.
|
