Press Release: Firebrand Takes on New Markets, Clients, Services in First Half of 2014

July 10, 2014, Newburyport, MA - Firebrand Technologies, a leader in technology services for the publishing industry, announced today that in addition to bringing on several new clients, they have continued to expand services for existing customers both in the US and overseas. Twenty-four new clients and/or enhancements
were brought on during the first half of the year, for services such as Title Management, eBook and metadata distribution services, eBook wholesale services, and consumer-facing direct sales efforts.

"Our clients rely on us to represent them in the marketplace through networks that bring title information, content, and consumer purchases to the right place at the right time," said Firebrand President, Doug Lessing.

"Firebrand continues to represent a diverse array of eBook, print, and audio book clients. We help our customers get content and metadata to market quickly and accurately, enable direct-to-consumer sales, and of course help them to implement and use the industry's leading title management system across their organization."

Lessing adds, "What's really noteworthy is the expansion of our Digital Wholesale Service, which offers eBook wholesaling services to retailers and aggregators on the publisher's behalf." Firebrand handles business relationships, distributes content, provides a consolidated sales dashboard, collects revenues, and distributes funds to publishers, which allows publishers to spend more time acquiring, editing, and producing new content.

Firebrand currently distributes to, or has wholesale eBook agreements with, more than 350 retail, education, and library outlets. Twenty new partners have been added in the last few months, including EBL, Flipkart (India), Follett, Gardners (UK), Scribd, and Wheelers (Australia/New Zealand), enabling publishers to effortlessly expand their reach in both domestic and international markets. More global outlets are on the horizon for the second half of 2014, as demand for English-language eBooks continues to rise.

New clients or service representations include:
Content Services
Free Spirit Publishing
Concordia Publishing House
Andrews McMeel Universal
Hackett Publishing
Digital Wholesale
Loyola Press
Red Wheel
Open Road Media
Barbour Publishing
Brookes Publishing
Diversion Books
Direct2Reader
Dover Publications
TriLiteral Distribution
The MIT Press
New Harbinger Publications
Harvard University Press
TWK Strategies
Yale University Press
Eloquence Metadata
Hackett Publishing
HardieGrant Publishing (Australia
and UK)
HCPro
OEM Press
The General Council of the
Assemblies of God / Influence Music
Workman Publishing
Title Management Enterprise
Warner Bros/Alloy Entertainment
The General Council of the
Assemblies of God / Influence Music
HardieGrant Publishing (Australia
and UK)
B&H Publishing Group
Workman Publishing