Rowman & Littlefield opens its E-book Store

Friday, May 24, 2013 – (Lanham, MD) - Rowman & Littlefield is pleased to announce that on the eve of Book Expo America, its e-book store is now open. The retail platform is fully integrated with the company website, which now gives individual consumers, all types of libraries and other businesses the ability to purchase and download e-books from the publishing company’s extensive list of titles.

At launch, around 12,000 e-books are available through the new platform which has been developed specifically for Rowman & Littlefield. It is closely connected with the publisher’s Unity platform for title development, which houses full title metadata and all the digital assets associated with each new book. This close integration means that the e-book version of each new title is available for purchase from the moment of publication.

Commenting on the launch, CEO Jed Lyons said: “Technology has become a real strength of Rowman & Littlefield, with robust bespoke systems supporting all of the processes that connect our authors with our readers. We know that our academic, library, professional and trade customers all value the ability to access our titles in every format, and this new platform gives us the capability to deliver books instantly to a range of devices including PCs, MACs, IOS and Android. The system uses Adobe Content Server to enable secure Digital Rights Management. ”

Rowman & Littlefield expects the platform to be used by individual readers wanting instant access to its list, and is also enabling libraries to use the platform within their institutional context. In time, the company also expects its distribution subsidiaries, NBN and NBN International, to be able to offer the platform to their client publishers.

Rowman & Littlefield’s e-books are also available through a wide range of distributors.

About Rowman & Littlefield

The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. is one of the largest and fastest-growing independent publishers and distributors in North America.