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Welcome to the Quarterly Pubnet Newsletter! October marked the passing of the Annual Pubnet/ PubEasy User Group Meeting held in New Orleans. The event reviewed the signs of progress made and addressed ways to continue moving forward with making the book ordering supply chain even more efficient. Presentations are currently available online for all members to review. Don’t
forget that we are always listening and encourage you to provide
your feedback about topics in this newsletter or any Pubnet related
topic by sending an email to info@pubnet.org. Registration for this
newsletter and other Pubnet enhancements is always available at
www.pubnet.org. |
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Pubnet Service News | |
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Booklog,
a leader in point-of-sale and inventory management software, has
announced that users of its POS system may begin receiving Advanced
Documents Sets from publishers, wholesalers and distributors via
Pubnet®, the book industry’s premier EDI service. Booklog
users with a current maintenance contract, a Pubnet Interface, and
access to Pubnet will receive an update to their POS system upon
request and at no charge. All other users who wish to incorporate
this update, may contact Booklog for more information. |
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Hosted in New Orleans, the Annual Pubnet/PubEasy UGM highlighted the ongoing progress Pubnet continues to make in EDI supply chain management and yielded fruitful results that Pubnet will aim to act on in 2005. Presentations
from the event are currently located online. Shortly, Pubnet
will release detailed notes along with planned timelines for action
items formulated from the event. |
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Now VAN Services for Publishers! For
publishers trading electronic documents with partners on traditional
Value Added Networks (VANs) outside of Pubnet, a new solution has
arrived. |
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With the go-live of ECPA Pubnet, October 1, 2004
officially marked the beginning of a new generation EDI for the
Christian bookselling industry. Pubnet has successful transitioned
top ECPA members including; LifeWay, Mardel Christian & Educational
Supply, Provident Music, Lemstone and Zondervan to the ECPA Pubnet
Community. The transition has already shown significant trading
volumes and this is set to increase with the cost saving opportunities
ECPA Pubnet offers. A full list of those who have transitioned may
be found on the ECPA Pubnet Information Page.
Substantial savings are being offered to ECPA members who join the rest of the ECPA community on Pubnet by December 31, 2004. Start the move today and avoid unnecessary costs by contacting Bruce Miller at 1-888-269-5372 x-2053, or email him at bruce.miller@pubnet.org. |
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In the Q3 2004, the Canadian EDI community has grown
with the addition of 14 new publishers and 35 new retailers. |
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January 1, 2005 marks the book industry’s “Sunrise” or beginning of the conversion to the 13-Digit ISBN. By January 1, 2007, retailers and suppliers in U.S. and Canada are required to have the ability to read, process and store all ISBNs as 13 digits. This will enable the book industry to resolve a pending shortage of new ISBN assignments and allows ISBNs to become integrated with Global Trade Identifier Numbers (GTINs), including the UCC/EAN-14. Addressing this change, Pubnet is currently taking steps to ensure all services remain uninterrupted during the 2005-2007 transition. |
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For members who have an established vendor relationship with Amazon, Pubnet now offers the opportunity to leverage that relationship by setting-up an EDI connection. To begin the process of leveraging your Amazon relationship, simply complete an Amazon Partnership Survey and send it to don.nelson@bowker.com or fax it to 908-219-0191. Once received additional information will follow to complete the process. Access
a Partnership Survey: |
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Attached please find the cumulative vendor list that includes all US Pubnet vendors as of October 1st. Need to report changes to the listed information? Email janet.feeney@bowker.com |
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Pubnet continuously develops tools and services that our members require to make EDI trading even more effective and efficient. As a result of this driving factor, Pubnet has many projects in the works. Beta-testing is available for anyone interested in receiving a first look at these innovative solutions. Input received will directly impact the development of these products for the betterment of the entire industry. For more information about beta-testing any of these products, contact us by emailing info@pubnet.org or calling 1-800-PUBNET-1 (1-800-782-6381). Some products currently in the works include:
Contact us today to become a beta-tester of the solutions today that will drive the EDI industry tomorrow. |
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New Pubnet Members Welcome! | |
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In the last quarter, we had had 2 US, 18 Canadian and 16 ECPA new vendors and 49 US, 28 Canadian and 17 EPCA retailers join Pubnet. Welcome aboard to all! We are also proud to welcome Provident Music (SAN 2496836) as a new Rapid Response Publisher, dedicating themselves to sending a POA for any order with 15 minutes of receiving it. Canadian Vendor and Retail Listing For a complete list of Vendors and Retailers on Pubnet, visit the Pubnet Vendor/ Retailer List. Your
SAN # and Enterprise password are required to access this area.
If you need information on obtaining these please contact Technical
Support. |
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On A Technical Note | |
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School
Specialty Incorporated (SSI) acquired Children’s Publishing
from McGraw Hill Education (McGraw-Hill).
As a result, School Specialty
Children’s Publishing has announced a new SAN (Standard Address
Number) for customers who utilize Pubnet. Please note, Children’s
Publishing SAN is now 2560925 and orders can be sent to that address. |
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SAN
2025531 will no longer accept orders as of December 1st.
As of December 1st, all Pubnet EDI orders for Penguin should be routed to SAN 2825074. |
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In the News | |
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Pubnet, the industry’s
EDI e-commerce provider, went live on Oct. 1, severing all connections
with X•net’s former MISG network. EDI, or Electronic Data Interchange, is a standardized e-commerce system that eventually will lead to fully automated e-commerce transactions among trading partners. | |||
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E-commerce is e-commerce. Right? Not really. Pubnet’s electronic data interchange (EDI) service is a more than a standardized business-document exchange system. It includes proven, reliable features that integrate retailer POS operations and ordering, plus offers a common electronic highway to connect multiple trading partners to your store. | |||
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Vendor Spotlight | |
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Pubnet is happy to introduce
a new distributor to the Pubnet community, SCB (SAN 6304814) | |||
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Bookwire Presents | |
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Find
out about this fall’s hottest trade titles with Bookwire Presents.
These featured titles include reviews and bibliographic information
about assorted subjects that are just right for any bookstore shelf. |
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| ADDITIONAL PUBNET CONTACT INFO | |||
| Billing/Mailing Address: Bowker/Pubnet Customer Service Department 630 Central Ave. New Providence, NJ 07974 |
Pubnet User's Group E-mail Discussion: Julie Nemec at NACS Telephone: 1-800-622-7498, ext. 2352 E-mail: jnemec@nacs.org |
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| United States Trade, Higher Education, Christian, and Canadian Sales Bruce Miller Tel: +908 219 0053 Fax:+908 219 0191 Email: bruce.miller@bowker.com Read more about Bruce Miller… |
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