netLibrary Enters Distribution Alliance With Baker & Taylor

Posted on July 13, 2001

netLibrary, a provider of ebooks and content/collection management services, announced a new ebook distribution alliance with Baker & Taylor. Baker & Taylor, together with its subsidiary YBP Library Services (YBP), is a supplier of book products and services to public and academic libraries. Baker & Taylor also announced an electronic content distribution agreement with Reciprocal earlier this week.

``This alliance between two industry leaders underscores the growing interest in netLibrary ebooks and netLibrary's commitment to support the way libraries conduct business today,'' said Rob Kaufman, Chief Executive Officer and President of netLibrary. ``This distribution relationship will support current and prospective netLibrary customers by streamlining their ebook collection development and acquisitions processes, allowing them to effectively consolidate their ordering requirements with an established, leading library supplier.''

This agreement will broaden Baker & Taylor's product line and extend netLibrary's reach into public and academic libraries across the United States. Libraries will be able to consolidate ebook orders into their existing accounts with Baker & Taylor and YBP, allowing them to have one point of contact for their print and ebook orders.

Melania Trump Reads The Little Rabbit by Nicola Killen for Easter

Val Kilmer Publishing Memoir with Simon & Schuster

Cats Film Could Boost Interest in T.S. Eliot's Poetry Despite Box Office Losses

Christopher Paolini to Publish Science Fiction Novel with Tor Books

Scholastic to Publish The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes