Ingram and O'Reilly Media Sign Publisher Services Agreement
LA VERGNE, Tenn. - Ingram Publisher Services Inc., a subsidiary of Ingram Book Group Inc. that specializes in providing distribution services to publishers, and O'Reilly Media Inc., an independent publisher of computer books, today announced they have entered into an exclusive distribution agreement to begin September 2005.
Under the new agreement Ingram will be the exclusive distributor of O'Reilly books, handling retail customer service, order-entry and fulfillment.
"Our partnership with Ingram allows us to give our current customers better, faster service," said Laura Baldwin, O'Reilly's CFO/COO. "Plus, they offer the services we need to expand our international business, as well as grow our account base in the US."
"It is great to have O'Reilly on as a client," said Jim Chandler, President and CEO of Ingram Book Group. "O'Reilly brings a tradition of innovation in publishing and technology that will help redefine the role of distributor and the range of services offered."
Adds Phil Ollila, Vice President, Ingram Publisher Services. "We are excited to begin shipping books for O'Reilly under our new model, and we look forward to establishing relationships with other leading publishers in the coming months."
ABOUT INGRAM BOOK GROUP
Ingram Book Group is a leading wholesaler of trade books, spoken audio, and magazines. Ingram and its OneSourceSM partners provide immediate access to the largest selection of books and book-related products in the industry. Ingram's operating units include Ingram Book Company, Ingram Periodicals Inc., Ingram International Inc., Ingram Library Services Inc., Spring Arbor Distributors Inc., Ingram Publisher Services Inc. and Tennessee Book Company LLC.
ABOUT O'REILLY MEDIA
O'Reilly Media is the premier information source for leading-edge computer technologies. The company's books, conferences, and web sites bring to light the knowledge of technology innovators. O'Reilly books, known for the animals on their covers, occupy a treasured place on the shelves of the developers building the next generation of software. O'Reilly conferences and summits bring alpha geeks and forward-thinking business leaders together to shape the revolutionary ideas that spark new industries. From the Internet to open source, .NET, Java, and web services, O'Reilly puts technologies on the map.
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