Triptych’s new Bestseller Two
bookseller point of sale system to provide seamless web access to PubEasy.com websites for
online inquiry, ordering and order tracking
Somerset, NJ, February 4, 2000 . . . PubEasy.com, the global Internet inquiry and
ordering service, together with Triptych Systems, a leader in point of sale inventory
management software systems for the international book trade, announced today plans to
integrate seamless web access to PubEasy.com Affiliate websites from Triptych’s new
Bestseller Two Internet-enabled system. The partnership is the first to introduce to
booksellers a seamless e-business environment for inquiries and transactions at the point
of sale. The integrated software is scheduled to launch at the London Book Fair in March.
Booksellers using Bestseller Two will be able to transmit batched orders and inquiries
directly from their Bestseller Two inventory control system to PubEasy.com Affiliate
websites using PubEasy.com/Transact technology. /Transact is the new PubEasy.com
point-to-point "batch" inquiry, ordering and order-tracking tool. The Bestseller
Two/PubEasy.com integration will enable booksellers to simultaneously view multiple
suppliers’ inventory and gather not only availability status information but also
ensure complete fulfillment of multi-line item orders. In addition, book covers and
enhanced bibliographic webpages can be seamlessly linked to, providing additional
promotional information that enables a bookseller to increase sales.
"Bestseller Two customers will have the opportunity to benefit from the latest
cutting-edge services developed in conjunction with PubEasy.com in a new and exciting
way," explains Alison Patriarca, Managing Director of Triptych. "The seamless
links to PubEasy.com websites offer booksellers an opportunity to integrate the web in a
useful way as they conduct business. Triptych and PubEasy.com together offer "a total
solution" to booksellers."
"Triptych’s new system is designed for the
future but delivers in the present. It is cutting edge in design and leverages the work we
are doing on PubEasy.com to make Internet inquiry, ordering and order tracking simple and
easy. This is a great opportunity for us to collaborate and we think booksellers will
embrace the innovative way Triptych has built their new system, Bestseller Two," said
Peter F. Clifton, Chief Executive Officer of PubEasy.com. "Over the past year, we
have listened to booksellers and learned that achieving compatibility between PubEasy.com
and their in-store systems would facilitate increased usage of PubEasy.com for ordering.
Triptych, as the system of choice for book retailers both in the UK and overseas is a
clear strategic partner choice for us."
PubEasy.com, the Internet inquiry and ordering service represents the new
standard in e-commerce for the global bookselling industry. More than 1,650 booksellers
from over 60 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 web site 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.
Triptych Systems Limited provides first class inventory management and
e-commerce services to the bookselling industry. As the system of choice for hundreds of
booksellers both in the UK and overseas, Triptych systems customers can be sure that they
are able to utilize the latest in bookselling inventory management system technologies.
Triptych supplies the bookseller with a fully installed system at their site. Services
such as training, support, hardware maintenance and inventory check management are all
available from the same source.
The introduction of Bestseller Two will maintain Triptych’s market leading
position and bring together the skills that have been responsible for the development of
successful trading websites, which include Bookpages (now Amazon.co.uk) and
LastMinute.com. In addition Triptych are keen to expand their partnership program with
others in the industry that can provide other ancillary services to the bookseller such as
Whitakers Sourcedata, Viglen Computers and Lombard leasing.
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