ePubDirect to Manage Random House’s Int’l Ebook Distribution

In Tech Digest by Dennis Abrams

EPubDirectBy Dennis Abrams

Random House has appointed ePubDirect to manage distribution of their ebook assets and provide retail support for Random House UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and India.

This new agreement will, according to ePubDirect, “enhance the publisher’s management of digital assets and facilitate complete downstream eBook visibility on retailer inventory, pricing, and activity.”

Awarded a Supply Chain Excellence Accreditation by BIC, ePubDirect is an award-winning company that supplies over 1,000 on-line retailers and over 25,000 libraries worldwide, as well as powering the eBook platforms for some of the world’s largest publishing and technology companies.

In a statement, Gareth Cuddy, CEO and founder of ePubDirect told Publishing Perspectives, “We are delighted to be selected as the Digital Asset Distribution service provider for The Random House Group. Our flexible, easy to use and innovative eBook distribution service as well as our global reach allows our customers to take full control of availability, territoriality and pricing for individual sales channels and markets.”

About the Author

Dennis Abrams

Dennis Abrams is a contributing editor for Publishing Perspectives, responsible for news, children's publishing and media. He's also a restaurant critic, literary blogger, and the author of "The Play's The Thing," a complete YA guide to the plays of William Shakespeare published by Pentian, as well as more than 30 YA biographies and histories for Chelsea House publishers.