Book Network Int’l Limited Teams Up With Ingram Content Group to Present Leading Worldwide Facilities

PLYMOUTH, England, June 30: Book Network Int’l Limited (“NBNi”), a UK-based physical and digital book provider, has been procured by Ingram Publisher Services LLC, a functioning component of Ingram Content Group. NBNi’s customer facility trade will stand together with Ingram’s extensive array of digital, physical as well as print-on-demand solutions to generate a leading worldwide facilities contribution.

“NBNi is a sound, established and widely respected distributor in the British book trade with a great stable of publisher clients, and well-supported by the excellent and experienced team in Plymouth. Our plan is to build on this strong foundation and grow the business: our acquisition of NBNi is premised upon that strategy. We think this is a marvellous opportunity to have a distribution centre in the U.K. and one that complements our growing range of services that we provide to publishers in the United Kingdom market,” revealed David Taylor, senior vice president of content acquisition international at Ingram Content Group.

“As our academic publishing program in the U.K. has grown very quickly under the leadership of Oliver Gadsby in our London office, we are shifting our focus away from distribution and toward publishing outside of North America. We will continue to own and operate NBNi's sister company, National Book Network, in North America. Our 14 years in Plymouth have been rewarding, and we thank the team there. Ingram is the ideal new owner to step into our shoes, and we will be pleased to remain clients of NBNi for all our international distribution,” stated Jed Lyons, CEO of NBNi's parent enterprise, the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.

Ingram Publisher Services will append NBNi’s delivery provision in Plymouth, UK to its wide-ranging digital and print logistics system.

The globe is reading and Ingram Content Group (“Ingram”) links people with content in all types. Giving comprehensive facilities for publishers, venders, libraries and educationalists, Ingram makes these facilities smooth and available via expertise, novelty and ingenuity. With an extensive worldwide system of workplaces and services, Ingram’s facilities comprise digital and physical book delivery, print on requirement, and digital knowledge. Ingram Content Group is a component of Ingram Industries Inc. and comprises Ingram Book Group LLC, Ingram Publisher Services LLC, Lightning Source LLC, VitalSource Technologies LLC, Verba Software, Inc., Ingram Library Services LLC, and Tennessee Book Company LLC.

Book Network Int’l is the worldwide book and ebook delivery branch of Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, one of the leading autonomous publishers in North America. R&L also possesses the top independent provider in the US, National Book Network (NBN), Globe Pequot, Falcon Guides, Lyons Press, Stackpole Books, Bernan, Sundance-Newbridge and is affiliated with prize-attaining, self-ruling interdisciplinary London-based publisher Rowman & Littlefield International.