Today’s warehousing and fulfi llment services enable publishers to outsource these operations, while retaining control of their inventory, and focus more on their core businesses.

Whitehurst & Clark Book Fulfillment Inc.
Services: Provides fulfillment services to associations and publishers, and can manage all facets of the fulfillment workflow—from order processing (including invoicing to reporting, credit-card clearing to customer service) to pick, pack and shipping, invoicing, inventory reporting and returns processing.
Pricing: Not provided.
Book publishing customers include: Associated Press; Nikon; Insurance Information Institute; Camino Book Publishers
Contact: (800) 488-8040, (908) 782-2323, www.WCBks.com

Gretchen A. Peck is a freelance author who writes about the international printing and publishing industries.