Seattle Book Company Introduces Distribution Services In Express ePublishing System

Seattle Book Company is launching Version 2.0 of its Express ePublishing SystemTM as a fully integrated conversion and distribution system that offers seamless conversion to seven ebook formats and print-on-demand plus an automated distribution service. Publishers gain wider access to channel partners without managing disparate technology requirements of multiple vendors.

Seattle Book Company is launching Version 2.0 of its Express ePublishing SystemTM as a fully integrated conversion and distribution system that provides new revenue streams and saves headaches for publishers and content-driven organizations.

Powered by its proprietary RosettaMachineTM, Seattle Book Companys publishing technology offers seamless, real-time conversion to seven different ebook formats and print-on-demand. Version 2.0 of the Express ePublishing System introduces an automated distribution service that expands a publishers access to preferred channel partners without the pain and hassles of manually distributing to multiple vendors who have varying technology requirements.

Version 2.0 boasts dramatically more robust features and user-friendliness including a contextual help system and a tutorial. This release reflects feedback from committed users of the RosettaMachine conversion process," noted Treanor. Weve focused on improving the quality of output, lowering publishing costs, speeding time-to-market and increasing distribution reach. Overall, were delivering improved benefits for our publishers on every front."

In addition to multi-format conversion, Seattle Book now offers services to ease the marketing and distribution of both pre-release and final editions:
   Distribution -- A single, simple interface manages the distribution of ebook files and metadata to selected channel partners.
   Promotion -- Express BookGalley Services provide a pre-released ebook download and custom-hosted Web site featuring an email invitation service to promote a new title.

Seattle Book has created custom interfaces with such key distribution partners as Lightening Source, MobiPocket, ContentReserve and RR Bowker. In addition, Seattle Book is identifying print-on-demand partners who can take publishers files converted by Seattle Book and quickly fill print-on-demand orders. Fidlar Doubleday, a leading digital printer in Kalamazoo, MI, is one such POD partner.

We welcome and embrace the Express ePublishing System solution as one that, in combination with our print-on-demand service, offers the publishing market a powerful combination in content management," said Tom Burkhardt, general manager of Fidlar Doubleday. Now, our customers will have one source to publish their offerings across different media."

Creating compatible technology interfaces paves the way for expanding marketing and global distribution via the Web, Treanor noted. Once your ebook production is done, our other services -- distribution, egalley and POD -- result in cumulative time and cost -savings because it leverages the same data and files already created in our system."

The comprehensive nature of the Express ePublishing System -- from conversion, to marketing through egalleys, to distribution with multiple channel partners via a single interface -- makes Seattle Book Company the best choice for any publisher or content-driven organization that wants to simplify the digital publishing experience, Treanor said.

Our mission at Seattle Book Company is to make digital publishing a simple and even enjoyable process. Weve focused our energy on the key pains that hamper our customers abilities to realize the full benefits of digital publishing in managing their digital assets," he said.

About Seattle Book Company
Seattle Book Company is a digital publishing company offering a fully integrated conversion and distribution system to meet the growing interest in ebooks and print-on-demand services from publishers, self-published authors, online content providers, Web communities and various government and academic organizations. Seattle Book Company is a member of the OeB Forum (www.openebook.org) and supports XML-based industry standards. The companys ebook store is maintained under the Alexandria Digital Literature imprint at www.AlexLit.com. For more information on Seattle Book Companys products and services, visit www.RosettaMachine.com or call, 360-697-2376.