Press Releases (2010)
Bowker Updates Groundbreaking Consumer-Focused Research Report for Book Industry

Industry’s most comprehensive data from Bowker’s PubTrack Consumer gives publishers unique insight into the shifting nature of book-buying -- from demographics to formats to retailer preferences

New Providence, NJ - August 24, 2010 - Bowker released its much-anticipated 2009 U.S. Book Consumer Demographics and Buying Behaviors Annual Report today, providing the U.S. book industry with the most complete consumer-based research on who buys books and why. The 2009 Annual Report is culled from more 44,000 total respondents, responsible for the purchase of 118,000 books in 2009.

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Bowker’s New e-Manuscript Submission Service Efficiently Brings Authors and Publishers Together

BowkerManuscriptSubmissions.com automates an age-old process by helping authors and publishers to connect online

New Providence, NJ - August 11, 2010 - Bowker, the global leader in bibliographic information, has launched an automated manuscript submission process for the general trade. BowkerManuscriptSubmissions.com (BMS) is an Internet-based service that enables authors to be seen by publishers and ensures publishers don’t miss the next bestseller. BMS brings authors, publishers and agents together in an efficient online system, where authors present their book proposals to the leading publishers in the industry from one central location and acquisition editors apply e-tools that allow them to sort through them and zero in on the ideas they find most interesting.

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Combined Book Services to Join PubEasy Community

Booksellers able to obtain book price and availability from CBS via industry’s leading online book enquiry and ordering service

New Providence, NJ - July 21, 2010 - PubEasy®, the global enquiry and ordering service for the book industry, today announced that Combined Book Services (CBS) will join the growing e-community of booksellers and their suppliers in the U.K. and International market. CBS is a leading independent book distributor renowned for its tailored distribution service for trade, academic and STM publishers.

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