Somerset, NJ, February 10, 2000 . . . PubEasy.com, the
global Internet inquiry and ordering service, was named the "1999 Industry Innovator
of the Year" at last week’s European British Book Awards. This new award,
sponsored by the Xerox Corporation, recognizes the individual or business enterprise that
demonstrates outstanding creativity and innovation in the publishing industry.
PubEasy.com has fast become the leading global Internet marketplace, bringing
booksellers and publishers, distributors and wholesalers together in new and innovative
ways. Leveraging the global reach of the Internet and combining significant industry focus
and knowledge has enabled PubEasy.com to build a new network that makes
business-to-business for booksellers and their suppliers easier over the web. The way that
PubEasy.com facilitates product inquiries, ordering, order tracking, access to catalogs
and access to extensive information directly from Affiliates fulfillment systems is
contributing to increased business across time zones and a reduction in customer service
at each website.
"It is always satisfying to receive recognition and in this particular case, the
recognition is very much the pride of all the publishers, distributors and wholesalers who
have joined together in the UK and US to build what we see as the future of ecommerce in
the industry, over the Internet. The 2000 plus booksellers from over 90 countries who
logon to PubEasy.com websites every day also participate in the acceptance of the award as
they have been tremendously supportive of our goals," said Peter F. Clifton, Chief
Executive Officer of PubEasy.com.
PubEasy.com has not only started to address the information gap within the trade, it
has also adopted a business and technical architecture that has clearly broken new
Internet e-commerce ground and is putting the industry at the forefront of
business-to-business trading over the Internet.
PubEasy.com, winner of the 1999 Xerox sponsored Innovator of the Year Award, is
the Internet inquiry and ordering service which represents the new standard in e-commerce
for the global bookselling industry. More than 2,000 booksellers from over 90 countries
spanning the UK, Europe, North America and Asia are using the service to access title,
price and availability information, to place orders, to check the status of their orders
and to access catalogs from participating publishers, distributors and wholesalers.
Booksellers with a PubEasy.com password can directly access any participating Affiliate
website on the network or the Whitaker UK bibliographic site.
The service is free to booksellers and is available via the Internet 24 hours a day,
7-days a week.
PubEasy.comTM is a registered trademark of VISTA Computer
Services, Inc.
PubEasy.com is a subsidiary of VISTA Computer Services, Inc.
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