Ingram Publishing Services (IPS), with close to 60 clients and growing, offers the unique advantage of alliances with Ingram Digital, Lightning Source, and Ingram’s wholesaling operation, which provides useful synergies with its wholesale warehousing efficiencies. Phil Ollila, Ingram’s vice president for publisher services who heads IPS, emphasizes the intangible “culture of service” that he says drives the organization’s energy and the scalability that enables it to take in new clients seamlessly.
Piecing Together the Distribution Puzzle
Ingram Publishing Services (IPS), with close to 60 clients and growing, offers the unique advantage of alliances with Ingram Digital, Lightning Source, and Ingram’s wholesaling operation, which provides useful synergies with its wholesale warehousing efficiencies. Phil Ollila, Ingram’s vice president for publisher services who heads IPS, emphasizes the intangible “culture of service” that he says drives the organization’s energy and the scalability that enables it to take in new clients seamlessly.