Owned by R.R. Bowker, a subsidiary of Cambridge Information Group, Pubnet is an electronic data interchange/electronic commerce (EDI/EC) service designed by and used within the book industry. Its purpose is to streamline the book ordering process, improving efficiency and significantly reducing costs.

Operating as a business-to-business service, Pubnet works with book buyers of all types, helping them develop systems to purchase electronically from publishers and other suppliers using industry-specific subsets of ANSI EDI standards (X12 BISAC) for purchase orders and purchase order acknowledgements.

Our members include Internet bookstores, college stores, wholesalers, library jobbers, trade stores, international subsidiaries of publishers, exporters, elementary and high schools, book clubs, and more. Pubnet has been serving the book industry since July 1987. Pubnet members are among the best-known names in the retail book trade and college store market, including Borders Books and Music, Barnes & Noble College Stores and Follett College Stores.

Key Features:

• Easy to use for retailers via direct POS intergration or a clear, graphical interface.
  
  
• Fast order acknowledgment (within an hour of placing an order with participating publishers and suppliers) via the Pubnet Rapid Response® Ordering feature.
  
  
• One-stop access to an ever-growing network of book suppliers—the largest in the extensive Pubnet history—and an expanding suite of key business documents ready for electronic transmission.
  
  
• Pubnet POW offers a web-based solution for vendors and retailers who do not have integrated EDI capabilities.
  
  
• Support for electronic exchange of business documents conforming to the Book Industry Systems Advisory Committee's (BISAC) standards, including invoices, advanced ship notices and advanced return notices, among others.
  
  
• Reliable, accurate and secure.
  
  
• Coming Soon ... General merchandise ordering. Retailers may begin to order their pens, apparel and candy with Pubnet.