Articles from Bowker

Bowker is excited to be collaborating with Meryl Moss Media Group (MMMG), a leading, multi-division force in publicity and marketing exclusively for authors. “We look forward to making these outstanding services available to our customers,” said Bowker General Manager Beat Barblan. “MMMG offers powerful media outreach, a wealth of marketing tools with their BookTrib discovery platform, their robust social media programs, and publishing expertise built on decades of experience helping authors achieve success.”

Bowker has announced a new partnership with Narrative Muse that will give its customers across the publishing ecosystem access to content discovery and audience intelligence services. Through the partnership, Bowker customers will be able to access Narrative Muse’s audience analysis and discovery services, helping authors and publishers better understand audience connection before release.

Bowker is entering into a strategic relationship with Publishers Weekly (PW), pairing PW’s book reviews with Bowker’s look-inside viewer.

Bowker is joining forces with John Marshall Media (JMM), the multi-Grammy winning audio production, digital distribution, and marketing services company. “JMM brings decades of experience producing audiobooks for the largest U.S. publishers,” said Bowker General Manager Beat Barblan. “We are excited to now offer JMM’s world-class services to publishers of all sizes, including self-publishers, everywhere.”

Bowker is partnering with Storywise to promote its book discovery platform to the publishing community.

In furthering its commitment to expand the digital footprint for independent bookstores, Bowker has joined forces with IndieCommerce, the e-commerce platform of the American Booksellers Association. Bowker is launching a significant number of storefronts through IndieCommerce to promote the Book2look marketing tool.

Bowker has added global distribution to its author services offerings through partnership with StreetLib. In announcing the collaboration, Bowker General Manager Beat Barblan stated, “We're excited to team with StreetLib and make their global distribution platform available through Bowker. Their ability to support and distribute digital content across multiple formats is impressive and will help authors unleash their global publishing potential.”

Bowker is partnering with DeepZen to bring the London-based company’s innovative audiobook production service to the US author community. “DeepZen’s pioneering digital voice solution for audiobooks is exactly the type of practical resource we strive to provide to our customers,” said Bowker General Manager Beat Barblan. “We’re excited about the new opportunities this will provide authors – and we’re confident they will be amazed by the results.”

S4Carlisle and Bowker signed an agreement to offer self-publishers an enhanced array of tools and resources to facilitate their publishing journey. “Bowker is continuously searching for tools and services to help authors produce, publish, and market their books,” said Bowker General Manager Beat Barblan. “In S4Carlisle, we have found a great source of expertise in high-quality book design and related services to help authors get their books to market.”

As noted in recent press coverage, Bowker and Bookshop.org have launched a joint pilot program to make the Book2Look view-inside widget available to publishers free of charge. “As the exclusive Book2Look distributor for the United States, we are pleased and excited to invite publishers to participate in the program,” said Bowker General Manager Beat Barblan. “We encourage publishers to act now and take advantage of this unique limited-time opportunity.”