Emeryville, CA—June 15, 2001—Coutts Library Services, one of the world’s leading integrated global library service companies, and Alibris (www.alibris.com), the leading global supplier of hard-to-find books, today announced that the two companies have joined forces to provide out-of-print, out-of-stock, and rare books to Coutts’ academic, public and corporate customers. Coutts’ customer network of over 4,000 libraries in 80 countries around the world will now be able to source unique and hard-to-find books directly from Coutts.
Coutts’ customers now have access to over 15 million hard-to-find books from Alibris’ worldwide network of booksellers and its own extensive inventory. Coutts will handle customer service, payment, and distribution to ensure their customers continue to receive consistent, high-quality service.
James Gray, CEO of Coutts Library Services comments, “There are real advantages for our customers to be found in our new alliance with Alibris. At Coutts, our objective is providing our international network of customers with an ever-increasing range of service benefits. Our customers can now look to us as a source of the knowledge and materials needed to enable a library to conduct extensive retrospective collection development, for example. The alliance with Alibris is one more major step toward our ultimate goal: to be the world’s premier, single source solution for libraries.”
"Alibris is focused on helping libraries acquire hard-to-find books efficiently,” said Brian Elliott, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Alibris. "By partnering with Coutts, we are able to help more libraries gain access to a wide selection of out-of-print, out-of-stock, and rare books that were not previously available to them.”
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.
Media Contacts:
Brian Elliott
Alibris
510-594-4539
briane@alibris.com
Peter Strachan
Coutts Information Services
905-356-6382
pstrachan@couttsinfo.com
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