Alibris and 24/7 Media Team Up To Offer Holiday "One Stop Shopping" for Best-Selling Book with First-Ever Personalized Covers

America 24/7 is a result of the digital photo documentary efforts of more than 25,000 Americans. The holiday gift book of the season can be customized too -- with a personal photo printed on the glossy, professional bookjacket. Alibris is the only retailer to allow consumers to buy the book, upload a photo for a custom cover, and have the 304 page coffee table book delivered to the destination of their choice -- wrapped in the personalized cover.

Emeryville, CA (PRWEB) October 29, 2003 --Alibris today announced that they will offer customers a one-stop-shopping option for buying, customizing, wrapping and shipping one of the most anticipated books of the year, America 24/7. Beginning today on Alibris (www.alibris.com), customers can order America 24/7, personalize a book jacket by uploading a favorite photograph, and have the book in custom jacket wrapped and shipped directly to the destination of their choice. America 24/7 is the first book ever to offer a customized cover and Alibris is the only retailer to offer delivery of the already customized book.

In time for the 2003 holiday season, Alibris makes purchasing, customization and shipping of the best-selling book convenient for the consumer. Alibris removes the coordination of buying the book and then ordering and receiving the jacket separately-not to mention shipping them back out again as gifts.

America 24/7 documents a week of American life through the lenses of thousands of professional and amateur photographers. From May 12-18, 2003, nearly 25,000 Americans participated in a watershed event of the new digital photography age. Together, they took more than two million digital photographs of American homes and businesses, families, friends and communities, even pets. The amazing results are featured in 51 large-format, lavishly illustrated books. The national volume, America 24/7, is expected to be the publishing event of the 2003 holiday season.

"America 24/7 is a beautiful, emotionally moving book. With a highly professional cover made out of your digital photo, it makes an incredible gift to friends and family," said Marty Manley, Chief Executive Officer of Alibris. "Alibris is delighted that our technology, designed originally to track used books through our warehouse, enables the American 24/7 project and DK Publishers to offer this unique gift with timely delivery for the holidays."

"Working with Alibris allows us to make the process of purchasing copies of America 24/7 with a personalized book jacket less cumbersome for the consumer," said David Elliott Cohen, project director for America 24/7. "We expect some people will want to save time and hassle by purchasing the book and custom cover together online for direct delivery."

Alibris is offering the book, custom cover, and standard shipping and handling for one low price of $49.95. Gift wrap is also available for a small fee.

About Alibris
Alibris connects people who love books, music and movies to thousands of independent sellers around the world. The company's proprietary technology and advanced logistics allow it to offer over 35 million used, new and hard-to-find titles to consumers, libraries and other institutions. The company is backed by Aberdare Ventures, Bedrock Capital, CMGI @Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. It is based in Emeryville, California with distribution facilities in Sparks, Nevada.

About America 24/7
America 24/7, the largest collaborative photo project in history is produced by Rick Smolan and David Elliot Cohen, creators of the New York Times #1 bestseller, A Day in the Life of America. America 24/7 is published by DK Publishing, known worldwide for its distinctive, visually exciting books.
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