R.R. BOWKER JOINS FORCES WITH ALIBRIS TO ENABLE WEB-BASED PURCHASING VIA BOOKSINPRINT.COM™
Emeryville, CA and New Providence, N.J.—June 15, 2001—R.R. Bowker, the world’s leading publisher of bibliographic information, and Alibris (www.alibris.com), the leading global supplier of hard-to-find books, have entered into an alliance that will allow librarians and consumers to search for hard-to-find books directly through Bowker’s Web site, www.booksinprint.com.
Under the agreement, booksinprint.com, the most authoritative search tool available for the book-buying community, will offer hard-to-find books from Alibris. By offering more than 15 million out-of-print, out-of-stock-indefinitely, and rare books from Alibris, R.R. Bowker will provide a more comprehensive selection of titles and greater convenience for customers of booksinprint.com.
By performing a title, author, or ISBN search on booksinprint.com, customers will have integrated access to hard-to-find books from Alibris, in addition to a database of four million in-print and audio books, as well as videos. This convenience will provide customers with a simple way to locate out-of-print, out-of-stock-indefinitely, and rare books that were not previously available to them.
“Booksinprint.com is already the best place to find comprehensive and unbiased information about books, audio and video recordings worldwide,” said Michael Cairns, vice president of business development at R.R. Bowker. “By linking booksinprint.com with an expansive selection from Alibris, librarians and traditional offline book retailers will now be able to easily locate an out-of-print history classic, fill back orders of out-of-stock-indefinitely titles, or find replacement copies for rare titles.”
“Linking Bowker’s authoritative Web site, booksinprint.com with millions of books from Alibris gives customers of booksinprint.com an incredible tool for purchasing out-of-print, out-of-stock-indefinitely, and rare books,” said Martin Manley, president and CEO of Alibris. “This agreement combines an excellent search tool for in-print books with an expansive out-of-print inventory to create one powerful and convenient Web-based service.”
About Alibris
Alibris is the leading global supplier of hard-to-find books, providing bookstores, online booksellers, distributors, libraries, and consumers with out-of-print, used, foreign-language, and collectible materials. With a worldwide network of booksellers and efficient distribution capabilities, Alibris is the most reliable source of hard-to-find books for customers around the world. Further information is available on the Alibris Web site, www.alibris.com.
About R.R. Bowker
Founded in 1872, R.R. Bowker (a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.) is North America’s leading provider of bibliographic information, and is also the official agency for assigning ISBNs in the United States. The company’s flagship product, Books In Print, is available on the Internet at www.booksinprint.com, on CD-ROM and in hardbound print format. The Web-based version of Global Books In Print is located at www.globalbooksinprint.com. For more information, please visit www.bowker.com or call 1-888-BOWKER2 (1-888-269-5372).
Media Contacts:
Brian Elliott
Alibris
(510) 594-4539
briane@alibris.com
Daryn Teague
Teague Communications
R.R. Bowker
(661) 297-5292
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