News
BOOKPOINT
JOINS BOOKEASY E-COMMERCE SERVICE
London, England, September, 1998 -- The
recent launch of the Bookpoint site on BookEasyTM means the
fast-growing book trade global Internet service can now offer
booksellers real-time, round the clock access to over 500 leading UK
trade and academic publishers and imprints. The service is also
gaining momentum by adding a growing network of publishers in the USA.
Titles from Hodder & Stoughton
General Publishers (including Coronet, Sceptre and New English
Library), Headline Book Publishing, Hodder Children's Books, Hodder
& Stoughton Religious Publishing (including the New International
Version of The Bible), Hodder & Stoughton Educational and Arnold,
as well as some 90 other imprints, are now available from Bookpoint on
BookEasy. BookEasy, a subsidiary of VISTA Computer Services, is fast
becoming the standard method of electronic commerce for the
bookselling and publishing industry, speeding the supply chain by
opening customer service desks around the clock.
"Electronic commerce is the most
efficient and cost effective way of doing business with our
customers," says Myron Hrycyk, Group IT Director of Bookpoint's
parent company, Hodder Headline. "The investment required for
full EDI makes it difficult for many independent booksellers, but by
using the Internet, BookEasy allows them to enjoy many of the
advantages."
Peter Clifton, Chief Executive Officer
of BookEasy, welcomed the arrival of Bookpoint to the service: "Bookpoint's
mix of publishers adds strength and depth for booksellers, making a
wide range of titles, including audio books, accessible over the
Internet on BookEasy."
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