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March 2007
In this issue:
47 New Pubnet Accounts added in February!
US Higher Education, & Trade Market:
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Retailers
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· ABBA Books LLC
Bluffdale, UT (SAN 8009120)
· Accent On Books Inc.
Asheville, NC (SAN 1064657)
· Amherst Books
Amherst, MA (SAN 1793012)
· Baltimore City Community College
Baltimore, MD (SAN 8004897)
· Barnes & Noble at University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL (SAN 8009392)
· Bay Books
San Diego, CA (SAN 1399918)
· Bethany Beach Books
Bethany Beach, DE (SAN 1388665)
· Body Mind & Soul Books Inc.
Houston, TX (SAN 1295241)
· Bookloft
Hackettstown, NJ (SAN 8007780)
· Books on the Common
Ridgefield, CT (SAN 1309587)
· Booksmith
Falmouth, MA (SAN 1793047)
· Breakwater Bookland
Rockland, ME (SAN 8003882)
· Collected Works Bookstore
Santa Fe, NM (SAN 1265377)
· Eagle Harbor Book Co.
Bainbridge Island, WA (SAN 1212362)
· Flying Pig Bookstore
Shelburne, VT (SAN 1546066)
· Kevacorp
Oakland Gardens, NY (SAN 7605145)
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- M is for Mystery
San Mateo, CA (SAN 1544861)
- Martha Merrell's Bookstore
Waukesha, WI (SAN 1270761)
- Nonesuch Books & Cards
Saco, ME (SAN 1459813)
- Nonesuch Books & Cards
South Portland, ME (SAN 1067915)
- Norwich Bookstore Inc.
Norwich, VT (SAN 1521179)
- Once Upon a Time
Montrose, CA (SAN 122381X)
- Page One Inc dba Sherman's of Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay Harbor, ME (SAN 1342061)
- Sherman's of Bar Harbor
Bar Harbor, ME (SAN 8004072)
- Sherman's of Camden
Camden, ME (SAN 1795430)
- Sherman's of Freeport
Freeport, ME (SAN 1559265)
- The Book Seller
Grass Valley, CA (SAN 1246895)
- The King's English Bookshop
Salt Lake City, UT (SAN 1254375)
- Universities At Shady Grove Bookstore
Shady Grove, MD (SAN 8009333)
- Watermark Books & Cafe
Wichita, KS (SAN 1347683)
- Waterstreet Bookstore Inc.
Exeter, NH (SAN 1389416)
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Vendors
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- Scholastic Library Publishing (SAN 2538865)
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Christian Market:
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Retailers
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Vendors
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· Lighthouse Bookstore Inc.
Hutchinson, MN (SAN 1874462)
· Mardel Christian & Education Internet Sales
Oklahoma City, OK (SAN 8009252)
· Pee Dee Christian Book & Supply Inc.
Florence, SC (SAN 184198X)
· Perfect Peace
Wichita, KS (SAN 800787X)
· Word of Life Christian Superstore
Grand Junction, CO (SAN 1865285)
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· Alpha Omega Publishing
(SAN 8532826)
· GL Services - New Growth Press
(SAN 8521417)
· Kerusso Activewear Incorporated
(SAN 1791605F)
· TAG Distribution
(SAN 7605099)
· Wet Cement
(SAN 2537788)
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Canadian Market:
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Retailers
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Vendors
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· Banff Book & Art Den
Banff, AB (SAN S1675311)
· Gospel Text Bookstore
Chatham, ON (SAN S1807692)
· Hull's Family Bookstore
Steinbach, MB (SAN S1186507)
· Hull's Family Bookstore
Winnipeg, MB (SAN S1807714)
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· Silverback Books
(SAN S2533847)
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Nazarene Publishing House Joins Rapid Response
Nazarene Publishing House is the latest publisher to join Pubnet's growing Rapid Response program.
Rapid Response ensures that booksellers receive fast order acknowledgements. All Rapid Response suppliers guarantee that they will deliver Purchase Order Acknowledgements (POAs) within 15 minutes of order receipt.
Nazarene Publishing House trades in the US Christian market, providing innovative biblical solutions for the changing church including books, bible study, music, drama and worship materials for all ages. Visit their web site to learn more.
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Publishers Group West Update - New Temporary Name, New SAN, Where to Learn More
With the recent bankruptcy of AMS, Publishers Group West (PGW) has been in the news a lot lately. Here are some important things to know about PGW and Pubnet.
Effective 3/1/2007, the majority of PGW publishers have started a new relationship with Perseus Books Group, with Perseus obtaining their distribution contracts. PGW staff still work on behalf of these publishers and will continue to for at least the contracted 5 month transition period which ends 7/31/07.
Technically PGW is now known as Transition Vendor and will be for the 5 month transition period. To lessen the confusion and allow continuity for sales and marketing efforts, they continue to use the name PGW but will use Transition Vendor when legally or financially necessary.
Effective immediately all orders for books currently distributed by PGW/Transition Vendor should be sent to SAN #760-5129. Discontinue using SAN #202-8522.
PGW has set up a transition web page at www.pgw.com/home/transition.aspx which is the best source of information about the status of the transition of PGW’s publisher partners. This is the place to learn more about the legal issues involved and find out which publishers are moving to Perseus and which are moving to other publishers.
If you have any questions, or remain unsure about which titles are available from PGW/Transition Vendor, contact your PGW/Transition Vendor sales rep or call PGW/Transition Vendor customer service at 800-788-3123.
Bottom-line, the nice folks at PGW/Transition Vendor are waiting for your Pubnet orders and look forward to shipping your books!
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Congratulations to our Retail Survey iPod Winner
Congratulations to Ed Castrege, Assistant Director of Store Operations at Villanova University, who is the lucky winner of our 2006 Retail Survey iPod.
Thanks to everyone who responded to our surveys - we heard from hundreds of publishers and retailers, and tens of POS vendors. Because of input from you, everyone at Pubnet now has a better understanding of your capabilities today and your plans for tomorrow, and we are committed to enhancing our product in ways that truly meet your needs.
Interested in reviewing the high-level survey results? Simply download the presentations from this year's Pubnet User Group by clicking here.
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Recap of the Pubnet User Group - March 4-5, 2007
Pubnet held its fourth annual User Group Meeting on March 4-5, returning for the second year in a row to Indian Lakes Resort in Bloomingdale, Illinois. This year’s Pubnet User Group brought together publishers, booksellers, POS vendors, and EDI developers in an open forum that encouraged a spirited conversation about how to improve the publishing supply chain from end-to-end.
This day and a half-long meeting covered a wide range of topics of interest to the community, from standards, scorecards and certification, to more effective document trading, to Pubnet’s new Instant Response functionality.
Kicking off the meeting was a keynote address from Michael Healy, Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group ( www.bisg.org ). Mr. Healy’s presentation “Getting the most from today’s & tomorrow’s supply chain” examined both the big picture - how a digital future will transform today’s supply chain - and the nitty-gritty of doing business today - effectively identifying and describing books, the need to adopt industry-wide best practices for electronic trading, establishing carton labeling standards, etc. It set the tone for the meeting by reinforcing how the supply chain is one of the most pressing and complex issues the publishing industry faces today.
The meeting then switched gears to focus on how Pubnet is enhancing the supply chain through more effective electronic ordering.
Charles Halpin, General Manager of the Bowker's Supply Chain Business Unit, walked the audience through Pubnet's “State of the Union address” covering developments since the last User Group meeting, including 2006 results, recent product developments, Pubnet’s conversion to ISBN-13, and 2007 strategic initiatives and partnership opportunities.
Jim McLaughlin, Director of Operations Analysis and Order Fulfillment, Penguin Group (USA), presented a publisher case study on their experience using Pubnet’s new Instant Response functionality, which combines technology from both Pubnet and PubEasy to provide immediate purchase order acknowledgments (POAs) to retailers. Instant Response not only delivers faster service to retailers, it provides an alternative to non-ISBN13-compliant direct electronic order ("DEO") dial-up ordering systems offered by many publishers. Learn more about Instant Response here.
The Pubnet team then shared the results of market research we conducted in 4Q 2006 designed to identify the strengths, weaknesses and gaps between the EDI capabilities of publishers and POS vendors and the ordering preferences of our retail users. Pubnet will use this information to establish a scorecard for each Pubnet publisher and POS vendor to create more transparency between trading partners. Look for more updates on the scorecard project later in 2007.
The day also included a POS Vendor Roundtable featuring Dave Walton from IBID/IRT and Pat Phillips from Missouri Book System, who shared their views on the challenges facing POS vendors in each of Pubnet’s three trading communities and what they are hearing from their retail customers about EDI and supply chain efficiency.
Thank you to all of our Pubnet partners who attended - it was a memorable event and we value your participation. Did you miss it? Download any of this year’s User Group presentations from the Pubnet web site by clicking here.
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Questions?
For questions regarding any of the above notices, please contact:
Pubnet Technical Support Team
Toll Free: 1-888-269-5372
Email: Support@pubnet.org
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