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.