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Why Constella-on? Simply the best digital service for independent publishers
Constella-on connects/integrates all things digital
The only complete digital service for independent publishers
Not just eBooks, but all things digital
• Empowers digital discovery • Enables and supports digital prin-ng • Distributes and monitors digital ebooks • Provides digital marke-ng tools, including tools for social media • Offers instant access to digital educa-on and analysis • Sales support and merchandising opportuni-es • Support staff providing exclusive full service to clients
Not just technology, but
• Screens and nego-ates deals with all Constella-on vendor partners • Ingests files, converts and distributes publishers’ metadata • Monitors, consolidates and reports all ac-vity back to publisher • Remits sales revenues • Provides tools to improve efficiency, effec-veness and discovery
Complete end-‐to-‐end service
Developed by Perseus for independent publishers
• Perseus Books is a sizable independent publisher in its own right (encompassing 11 individual imprints)
• Through PGW, Consor-um, Perseus Distribu-on and Faber Factory Powered by Constella-on, Perseus Books is a major service provider to nearly 400 independent publishers globally
• As both a publisher and service provider, we invest significant resources to help independent publishers maximize their economics and adapt to a constantly evolving marketplace:
• Invest in technology and people centrally to the benefit of a larger group • Provide clout in gaining access to key partners and in partner nego-a-ons • Constantly evaluate the transi-oning landscape; pilot and add powerful new partners • Provide flexible par0cipa0on op-ons (you opt in to services and -tles in services)
• Share insight and analysis to help keep publishers up to speed on all the latest developments
By independents for independents
• How are ebook consumers discovering books?
• Which categories of ebooks are selling be\er/worse, which categories translate well into ebooks and which are more challenging?
• Do ebook sales tend to be more/less front-‐list driven than physical book sales?
• How are major ebook resellers really pricing books to consumers?
• Are ebooks cannibalizing print sales or growing the overall market?
• What can the ePub standard handle in terms of retaining forma]ng/ar-s-c expression?
• Will addi-onal investment in enhancements yield addi-onal sales?
• Piracy analy-cs; DRM vs. DRM-‐free; library lending strategies
Constant focus on client educa-on and tools for digital market analysis
Constella7on Connect provides ongoing educa-on and analysis through its events, webinars and newsle\ers on topics like:
Our Publishers: 400 prominent independent publishers and growing
2.13.61 Abbeville Publishing Group Adventure Publica-ons Agate Digital Agate Publishing AK Press Akashic Books Alice James Books Allison & Busby Alyson Books American Diabetes Associa-on And Other Stories Publishing Anthem Press Arcadia Books Arcadia Literary Agency Archipelago Books Architecture Interiors Press Arsenal Pulp Press ArtNetwork Atlan-c Books Augustus Publishing Aurum Press Avalon Travel Aztext Press Basic Books Beast Books Beau-ful Books Beginning Press Behler Publica-ons Bella Distribu-on Bellevue Literary Press BenBella Books Bene Factum Publishing Biblioasis Bilingual Readers Birlinn Biteback Publishing Bi\er Lemon Press Black & White Publishing Black Balloon Publishing Black Classic Press Black Dog Publishing Lmt London Black Rose Books Bloodaxe Books Bluffer's Guides BOA Edi-ons Book Peddlers, The Bookline & Thinker
Domino Press, The Dzanc Books Easton Studio Press Eland Publishing Ellio\ & Thompson Emergency Press Enchanted Lion Books Encounter Books Engine Books English Heritage Publishing Enigma Books Entangled Publishing Entrepreneur Press Equity Press Etruscan Press Europa Edi-ons UK Extermina-ng Angel Press Eye Books Faber Academy Faber and Faber Fang Duff Kahn Publishers Featherproof Books February Books Feminist Press at CUNY, The Fence Books Feral House Figment Fine Print Literary Management Firebrand Books Flare Publica-ons Fledgling Press Floris Books Folio Literary Management Food First Books Foxrock Books Frame Publishers Franklin Publishers Freight Books Fulcrum Publishing Gallic Books Gallup Press Georges Borchardt Gibson Square Giles de la Mare Publishers GLAS New Russian Wri-ng Global Travel Publishers Gooseberry Patch Green Candy Press Greystone Books
Kelcy Press Kennel Club Books Kohl Publishing Koyama Press Kube Publishing Leapfrog Press Levine Greenberg Literary Agency Liber-es Press Libra Nova LifeTime Media Liffey Press, The Lilliput Press, The Limehouse Books Li\le Tiger Press Liza Royce Agency Long River Press Loose Chippings Lumen Books Mandy and Pandy, Co. Manic D Press Marion Boyars Publishers McNidder and Grace McSweeney's McWi\y Press Melanie Jackson Agency Melcher Media Menasha Ridge Press Milkweed Edi-ons Monkfish Book Publishing Morpheus Interna-onal Mount Vernon Press Muswell Press Myriad Edi-ons Na-on Books Na-onal Lampoon Press Naval Ins-tute Press Neil Wilson Publishing New Horizon Press New Interna-onalist New Press, The New Society Publishers New Village Press New World Library NewSage Press Nicholas Brealey Publishing Nick Hern Books Nicolo Whimsey Press
RDA Press RE/Search Publica-ons Red Rock Redleaf Press Regnery Publishing Robert Hale Robert Kennedy Publishing Rodmell Press Ronin Publishing Running Press Salon Media Group Sandstone Press Saqi Books Saraband Sarabande Books Scarle\a Press Seal Press Seren Serpent's Tail Seven Footer Press Seven Publishing Shelter Publica-ons Shoemaker & Hoard Short Books Sierra Club Books Sierra Club/Counterpoint Silver Dolphin Books Silvertail Books SLG Books Small Beer Press Small Planet Media Sok Skull Press Sort Of Books Source Book Publica-ons South End Press Souvenir Press SPCK SportsBooks Spry Publishing Stockholm Text Stone Bridge Press Story Plant, The Sunrise River Press Surrey Books Swik Publishing TalentSmart Talonbooks Tanglewood Press
BowTie BroadLit Bywater Books Cameron + Company Canongate U.S. Carcanet Cargo Publishing (UK) Carol Mann Agency Carousel Press CarTech Central Recovery Press Channel Photographics Charlo\e Sheedy Literary Agency Cherry Red Books Children's Book Press Chin Music Press Cicerone Press Cinco Puntos Press City Lights Publishers Cleis Press Clerisy Press Coach House Books Coffee House Press Columbia University Press Connell Guides Constable & Robinson Copper Canyon Press Council Oak Books Counterpoint Craving Wellness Crown House Publishing Crowood Curbside Splendor Cursor Cur-s Brown Cynthia Cannell Literary Agency D&M Publishers Da Capo Press Daunt Books David Black Literary Agency DCD Media de.Mo Design Dedalus Diamedica Diane Banks Associates Distributed Art Publisher Diversion Publishing Corp. Dominick Abel Literary Agency
Grosvenor House Publishing Groundwood Books Grove/Atlan-c Gryphon Press, The Gürze Books Halban Hammersmith Books Harbour Books Hartne\ Agency, The Harvard Business Review Press Harvey Klinger Haus Publishing Hawthorne Books Haymarket Books Hazelden Publishing Head of Zeus Healthy Travel Media Hesperus Press Hg2 History Press, The HJ Kramer Hoberman Collec-on Holy Cow! Press Honno Press HopeRoad House of Anansi Press How To Books Hundreds of Heads Books Hunter House Icon Books Ig Publishing Image Con-nuum Press Immedium Impress Books In Easy Steps Independent Music Press Inside Pocket Insight Edi-ons Interlink Publishing Interweave Press Irene Skolnick Literary Agency Islands Book Trust, The Janklow & Nesbit Joelle Delbourgo Associates John Blake Publishing Jonathan Ball Publishers Kabbalah Publishing Kalmbach Books
Night Shade Books Nilgiri Press Nolo Press Occidental Nor-a Press Nosy Crow No]ng Hill Edi-ons nthposi-on press O'Brien Press, The Ocean Press Odyssey Books Old Street Publishing Oldcastle Books Open Court ORO edi-ons Osho Media Interna-onal Oval Guides Owners Manual Press Papaloa Press Parallax Press Parthian Books PassPorter Travel Press Paul Bresnick Literary Agency Paul Dry Books PD Digital PDR Consumer PDR Network Pear Press Pearson Venture Group Peirene Press Peter Glickman Peter Owen Publishers Pinder Lane & Garon-‐Brooke Assoc. Polperro Heritage Press Pomegranate Press Portable Press Process Profile Books Prospect Park Books PublicAffairs Pushkin Press PVG Quest Books Quick Trading Company Quiller Ransom Publishing Rare Bird Books Rat Press Raven's Quill
Tate Enterprises Templar Publishing Theatre Communica-ons Group Thunder Bay Press Time Out Tin House Books Torrey House Press Travelers' Tales Trinity University Press Turtle Point Press Tu\le Publishing Two Dollar Radio Tyrant Books UIT Cambridge Ulysses Press Unbound Unbridled Books Uncivilized Books Underland Press Underwood Books Uran-a Founda-on Vagabond Voices Vanguard Press Verse Chorus Press Vertebrate Publishing Visualist Publishing Watershed Media Waterside Produc-ons Wave Books Waverley Books Web of Life Children's Books Weinstein Books Weinstein Publishing Westview Press Wharton Digital Press Whereabouts Press White Cloud Press White Pine Press Wide World Publishing, Tetra Wilderness Press Wilkinson Publishing Willow Creek Press Wine House Press Wisdom Publica-ons Wise Paren-ng Press Wolqound Press Writers House Zephyr Press Zucco] Park Press
Some key independent publishers include:
Constella-on Partners: Powerful…
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…global and always growing…
E-‐Retailing (online sampling and distribu7on) • Amazon Kindle US • Amazon Kindle UK / .de / .fr • eBooks.com • Amazon Kindle Interna-onal • EBL • Amazon Search Inside the Book • Ebrary • Anobii / eBooks by Sainsbury’s • EBSCO ebooks • Apple US iBookstore • Flipkart • Apple Canada iBookstore • Folle\ Digital Services • Apple EU iBookstore • Gardners • Apple ANZ iBookstore • Google Play • Apple Volume Purchase Program • Google Book Search • Axis 360 (a Baker & Taylor program) • Ingram Digital • Barnes & Noble US & UK • Ingram MyiLibrary • Blio (a Baker & Taylor program) • Kobo • Bookish • OverDrive • Bowker Full Content Indexing • Sony Reader™ Store • Copia
Digital Print
• CreateSpace • CreateSpace UK / EU • Edwards Brothers Digital Print • Espresso Book Machine • Lightning Source • Lightning Source UK • ReadHowYouWant
Digital Produc7on • Jouve • Typefi
Marke7ng Tools • Emma • NetGalley • SmartShoot
…reaching important interna-onal markets CAN UK EUR ANZ ASIA ME LAMC AFR
EBOOKS
Amazon.com – e-‐book retail sales to interna-onal customers, from the US site, priced in USD ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü
Amazon.co.uk – eBook retail sales to UK customers, from the UK site, priced in Sterling ü ü
Overdrive -‐ eBooks to Int'l markets, priced in local currency (USD & Sterling) ü ü ü ü ü ü ü
Kobo -‐ eBooks to Int'l markets, priced in USD ü ü ü ü ü ü
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Apple iBookstore ü ü ü ü ü
Google Play ü ü ü ü ü
Ingram Digital ü ü ü ü
Blio ü ü ü ü ü
Gardners ü ü ü ü
Copia ü ü ü
Flipkart ü
POD
Amazon CreateSpace -‐ POD to Int'l markets, through local sites, priced in local currency (Sterling, Euro & UDS for Japan) ü ü ü
Perseus/Edwards Brothers UK – Short Print Run for UK ü ü
Lightning Source -‐ POD to UK Market through Grantham Book Services (PBG’s UK distributor) & Canada direct to accounts ü ü ü
The only complete digital service for independent publishers
Digital Service Tools Example: Constella9on Dashboard
The Constella7on Dashboard, accessible from any browser, offers a variety of services and a wealth of informa-on. With secure password protec-on, it provides access to drilldowns for enrolled -tles, overviews by digital partner and individual -tle, as well as sales track by -tle. Here too are status updates of where specific -tles are being rolled out partner by partner. Combined with the ability to upload files directly for conversion and distribu-on, the Dashboard offers a degree of transparency and tracking that is unmatched.
Key Features of Constella-on
• Complete: No company integrates more vendors • Easy and Powerful: One file to everywhere • Future-‐Proof: Constantly evalua-ng new partners and adding new offerings • Independent: Technology-‐agnos-c, integra-ng the best of the best for the benefit of publishers • Publishers Decide: Publishers have complete control via proprietary web interface • Clout: Strong rela-onships with retailers and wholesalers worldwide • Scaled to Grow: Backed by a mul-million dollar Digital Asset Management system • Powerful Repor7ng: One statement, clear sales repor-ng and tracking • Interna7onal: North America to World, World to North America
Digital Partner Checklist:
• Offer mul-ple conversion op-ons for crea-ng ePubs and enhanced ePubs? • Warehouse all of your digital files and metadata? • Distribute your digital files and metadata and follow-‐up on your behalf? • Reach both North American and Interna-onal retailers and markets? • Merchandise and promote your e-‐books via an experienced sales force? • Collect, normalize and provide sales reports and feeds? • Supply a Dashboard interface that gives you complete transparency? • Nego7ate and problem-‐solve with vendors on your behalf? • Employ experienced client service and vendor managers? • Understand independent publishing, .i.e., are they an independent publisher themselves? • Educate you with regularly scheduled seminars, webinars, newsle\ers? • Organize publisher working groups by category? • Provide digital marke-ng tools that help drive sales? • Think about future digital services for you and with you, e.g. digital workflow, pricing analy-cs?
Things to Look for in a Digital Services Partner
Do They…
Constella-on = Nimble
Connect with Constella-on On the web: www.constella-ondigital.com Or email: [email protected]
