You have produced your ePub. Next the final step of the e-Pub and ebook publishing process is getting your books to the various retail sales channels. Depending on the genres of your books this can be more or less complex.
IGP:Distribution Manager addresses this problem directly making it easy for Publishers of all sizes to distribution multiple books to multiple aggregator, retailer and search channels.
Publishers publish works for authors in a number of expressions. Traditionally these were only print books. These were sent to a distribution agent for physical shipping to main street bookstores, or to a customer via courier after an online transaction.
Now there are multiple e-book formats that need to be delivered to multiple organizations who are in the business of selling digital formats for use in an increasing range of digital devices. This situation is probably going to become a lot messier before, and if it settles down.
There is wide range of book submission sites and systems operated by a wide range of aggregators, retailers, distributors and fulfilment agents. Publishers have to navigate through this labyrinth and get their e-books to the optimal set of channels for their books.Typically one book has to be distributed to at least seven aggregators and retailers. If you are publishing 10 books per month, that is 70 separate uploads that have to be carried out.
In nearly all cases, publishers are required to contact the various sites for more information on information exchange protocols and methods. In most cases, with most retailers this information is vague, difficult to obtain, not documented and there are few test sandbox systems. What submission automation there is, is generally backed up with manual checks and balances.
Many of the sites require ONIX metadata files. That can be difficult for smaller publishers that do not have ONIX ERP systems in place. IGP:Distribution Manager allows the uploading of pre-formatted spreadsheets in XLS and ODS format. Each spreadsheet can have any number of books, and this is automatically converted to ONIX.
In addition to distributing e-books to retailers, IGP:Distribution Manager can send your Print on Demand files to your service providers of choice, and submit file for various search services.
IGP:Distribution Manager is a fraction of the cost of using existing aggregator services or doing it manually, and leaves you in control. Your content is always under your direct control and you can access it at any time. IGP:Distribution Manager is available as a licensed product or Software as a Service (SaaS).
The SaaS model It is designed specifically for small and medium publishers to make multiple e-book distribution strategies possible. The business model is based on the number of books stored only. That means as more channels are added in the future, you can distribute and redistribute books in the system easily.
IGP:Distribution Manager removes the confusion, cost and complexity of e-book distribution. It's simple to set up and operates substantially automatically.
IGP:Distribution Manager integrates seamlessly with IGP:FLIP to allow One Click Production to Distribution.
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