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Booksellers now able to obtain realtime book price, availability and order status from SAGE via industry’s leading online book inquiry and ordering service

New Providence, NJ - January 26, 2009 - PubEasy®, the global inquiry and ordering service for the book industry, today announced that SAGE has joined the PubEasy community of booksellers and suppliers.

SAGE is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational and professional markets. As a new PubEasy member, SAGE’s catalog of 11,000 titles will now be available to retail booksellers for purposes of checking price and availability on various book titles and tracking the status of book orders.

“SAGE is a highly regarded global publisher and we’re gratified that they have made the decision to join the growing international community of PubEasy affiliate partners,” said Charles Halpin, director of market development for PubEasy, a business unit of New Providence, N.J.-based Bowker. “Retailers who rely on PubEasy to research, check orders and track deliveries will welcome the addition of SAGE to the PubEasy community, which will significantly enhance the efficiency with which they’re able to inquire about the availability of titles from the entire SAGE catalog.”

“We at SAGE, Corwin Press and Pine Forge Press are so happy to add the order tracking capabilities offered by PubEasy to our customers,” said David Horwitz, vice president of sales for SAGE. “The ability to check the status of an order 24/7 is important, and we appreciate the help that Bowker provided to us in making this enhancement a reality for our clients.”

SAGE joins a growing number of academic publishers who are making their catalogs available on PubEasy, including McGraw-Hill, Bedford, Freeman & Worth, and Chicago Distribution Services, which includes the University of Chicago Press among its 70 academic press distribution clients.

About PubEasy
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. PubEasy is a strategic business unit of Bowker, the world’s leading source for bibliographic and data analysis information. Please visit the PubEasy website at www.pubeasy.com to learn more.

Bowker provides searching, analytical, promotional, business intelligence 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™ 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.

About SAGE
Since 1965, SAGE has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students spanning a wide range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, and medicine. A privately owned corporation, SAGE has principal offices in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., London, New Delhi and Singapore. For more information, please go to www.sagepublications.com.

About Bowker
Bowker is the world's leading provider of bibliographic information management solutions designed to help publishers, booksellers, and libraries better serve their customers. The company is focused on developing various tools and products that make books easier for people to discover, evaluate, order, and experience, as well as providing services to publishers that help them better understand and meet the interests of readers worldwide. Bowker is a member of the ProQuest family of companies and is headquartered in New Providence, N.J., with additional operations in England and Australia. For more information, please visit www.bowker.com.