What are you missing?
For publishers, the world is getting bigger every day—and more complicated. The Ingram family of companies is uniquely positioned to help publishers digitize, manage, store and distribute their content to the broadest possible global market.
- Is your content everywhere it could be?
- In every possible format?
- Are you selling your books to 56,000 retail stores and libraries worldwide?
- Are you accessible to 148 million library patrons?
We think you could be selling more books—and Ingram can help you do it. Talk to an INGRAM representative about how we can help you succeed.
Content Solutions
Scalable, secure content delivery
Ingram Digital enables publishers to warehouse, market, sell, and deliver their content in a variety of digital formats to expand existing channels and create new revenue opportunities.
Ingram Digital's CoreSource®lets publishers explore new opportunities with easy, automated solutions to manage content logistics with any business partner. Publishers can use CoreSource to store images, print and print-on-demand files, e-books, audio books, XML, and video content. Once a file is available in CoreSource it can be made ready to deliver in a wide range of formats.
Library Solutions
E-content for libraries
Ingram Digital offers a single source for content hosting, archiving, discovery, access, and purchasing. Public, academic, and professional libraries around the world get access to more than 175,000 titles and up to 7,000 downloadable audio titles from leading publishers. Our e-content aggregation platform, MyiLibrary®is the fastest-growing and most comprehensive online e-content platform on the market today.
MyiLibrary provides:
- Constant access—24 hours a day, 7 days a week access to content anywhere that’s always on the shelf and takes up no additional space.
- Complete searching—Comprehensive full-text searching across the entire platform supported by enhanced metadata.
- Flexible sales options—Title-by-title or full collection, in perpetuity or by subscription. Even includes unique offerings such as interlibrary e-loans and multiple pricing options such as buying across publishers or subject areas.
- Multiple access levels—A variety of secure and controlled access/authentication methods to content using broad DRM implementation.
Education Solutions
Digital textbooks and more—solutions for education
From interactive e-textbooks to full curriculum solutions, Ingram Digital Education Solutions focuses on ways digital technology can enhance learning and deliver trusted, respected resources to students.
Ingram Digital Education Solutions is the market leader in higher education digital textbook technology, providing solutions for institutions around the world. We have extensive experience in the educational arena and relationships with major publishers.
Our e-textbook platform, VitalSource Bookshelf®was created by educators specifically for learning materials. It functions as a book reader, a search tool, and an organizer, bringing together: textbooks, reference books, class handouts, and notes—all onto the student's laptop or desktop.
Retail Solutions
More content, more devices, more flexibility, more revenue.
Ingram Digital’s Retail Solutions provide publishers the tools to deliver more content to more customers.
We provide:
- The most current, compelling content from major publishers.
- Flexible, secure, infrastructure for back-end support and fulfillment.
- Digital audio as well as e-book fulfillment.
- Easy integration and seamless purchase process.
- Tools to increase sales and consumer interest.
With a low cost of entry, the expanding e-book market offers opportunities for publishers to deliver more content to more readers.
Print-on-demand Solutions
Market driven models: The most innovative on-demand print and distribution solution available in the publishing industry. When harnessed, publishers can revolutionize their supply chain by making any book available to the largest distribution channel of wholesalers and retailers worldwide. Lightning Source Inc. delivers high quality print-on-demand books to customers on behalf of the publisher at astonishing speeds; making any book available and profitable throughout its life cycle.
Publisher driven models: Lightning Source services that integrate on-demand solutions seamlessly into the publisher's print and distribution model. We will deliver books to the publisher and on behalf of the publisher, to retailers, consumers and warehouses in a format best suited to the life cycle of the book; making cost effective books always available, never out of stock and never missing a sale
Fee-Based Sales and Distribution Services
Ingram Publisher Services Inc.
For a publisher, getting a title to market in a comprehensive, efficient, and cost-effective manner is crucial to business success. The publisher’s distribution partner should be an expert in logistics, sales, title marketing, and account management. Ingram Publisher Services offers that expertise, backed by the power and strength of Ingram—a name synonymous with book distribution—to support publishers in their business. Ingram Publisher Services takes the time to understand each unique business and create a customized package that will help maximize its potential and profitability. For more information, call (866)400-5351, or send an e-mail to acquisitions@ingrampublisherservices.com.
Wholesale Services
Ingram Book Company, a d.b.a. of Ingram Book Group Inc., is the largest wholesale distributor in the world. The pivot point that powers all of the Ingram offerings, this distribution network connects publishers and their content—in all formats—to more than 56,000 retail and library customers worldwide.
Contact Us
TalktoINGRAM.com is an entry into the comprehensive world of the INGRAM content companies. In order to customize the perfect suite of solutions for your business, we have multiple product and service offerings. For your convenience, an INGRAM representative is standing by to answer your questions, and to talk through your specific needs. E-mail Marcus.Woodburn@ingramdigital.com.
