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NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- March 20, 2007 -- Pubnet®, the publishing industry's
leading EDI provider, is pleased to announce that Gospel Light (GL)
Services, one of the largest contract distributors in the Christian book
market, has completed its transition to Pubnet. Retailers can now trade
electronic documents (EDI purchase orders and purchase order
acknowledgements) with GL Services via their point-of-sale system.
The following publishers/imprints are included in the GL Services
distribution family:
-- Gospel Light/Regal -- SAN 8521417
-- Harrison House -- SAN 2074745
-- Inspirational Publishers Group (IPG), a GL Services Subsidiary -- SAN
6319041
(Note: Retailers serviced by IPG can order products from Moody, Crossway,
Kregel, Portavoz, Harrison House, Hovel Audio and Gospel Light/Regal via
IPG's SAN.)
"We are excited to finish the transition to Pubnet and look forward to
working with them and all our industry partners in finding ways to automate
and drive costs out of our supply chains," said Mark Hatch, President of GL
Services.
"GL Services is a major player in the Christian book market," said Charles
Halpin, General Manager of Pubnet. "We are pleased to offer their growing
community of retail customers a more convenient way to order from them by
using EDI."
About GL Services
Since 1994, GL Services has served Christian publishers and ministries
through order fulfillment, distribution, and information systems. GL
Services is headquartered in Ventura, California, with their distribution
facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. Inspirational Publishers Group is a sales
representation group serving Christian publishers and the CBA. Learn more
at http://www.glservices.com/
About Pubnet
Pubnet is a leading publishing industry e-commerce exchange, allowing more
than 3,000 distributors, bookstores and other retailers to place electronic
orders (POs), and receive back order acknowledgements (POAs), invoices, and
advance shipping notices (ASNs) through standardized electronic methods.
Pubnet integrates seamlessly with a bookseller's POS system and offers
advanced EDI Web-based solutions to industry participants. Visit the Pubnet
Web site at www.pubnet.org.
Pubnet is a supply chain company of Bowker, the world's leading provider of
bibliographic information. Bowker is the publisher of Books In Print® and
Global Books In Print®, the definitive English-language book databases,
and home to the U.S. ISBN and SAN agencies. The company is located in New
Providence, N.J., with additional offices in East Grinstead, England and
Melbourne, Australia. Visit the Bowker website at www.bowker.com.