Dymocks Booksellers Partners with Ebooks Corporation
Australia's leading chain of quality bookshops selects eb20 Platform for push into digital books
Ahead of the major Online Information Conference in London this week, Dymocks Booksellers announced today that it has partnered with Ebooks Corporation to deliver a wide range of digital books to its online customers in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. The move is part of Dymocks’ strategy of delivering a multi-channel, multi-platform digital service to its millions of loyal customers. The service was launched at a gala event in Sydney last month.
Dymocks' CEO, Don Grover said, "This partnership with Ebooks Corporation enables us to provide book lovers with perpetual online access to a vast range of books. Dymocks' customers can now access their collection of ebooks from any device, anywhere, any time."
Ebooks Corporation's Director of Technical Services, Suzanne Cole said, "We're delighted that Dymocks has selected Ebooks Corporation’s eb20 for its ebook platform. Dymocks is one of Australia’s oldest and best-loved bookshop brands, and their move into digital delivery marks a watershed in Australian bookselling."
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eb20 is a browser-based online ebook platform that combines ease of use with strong anti-piracy measures. Until now, strong copy-protection has meant a clumsy and complicated end-user experience.
Visitors to the Dymocks website can now
- Choose to buy either a traditional printed book or the digital version (ebooks and audible products)
- Download the entire book to their computer or hand-held device, and read it whether or not they're connected to the internet
- Access the ebook from any computer that's connected to the internet
- Search the entire contents of their book, make margin notes, highlight passages of text, book-mark pages, copy-and-paste text, and more.
About Dymocks Booksellers
Dymocks origins in bookselling began in 1879 and ownership has stayed in the same family for almost 130 years. The grand Dymocks George Street store, in Sydney was built in 1930 and is Sydney's most iconic bookstore.
More than 58 million books were sold in Australia last year (2006) with a value of just over $1.1 billion representing over 320,000 titles, Dymocks has a large and growing share of this market. Dymocks has 78 stores across Australia, 11 in Hong Kong and six in New Zealand – and continues to grow.
The Dymocks website attracts some 11,000 visitors every day. It also features the merchandising and marketing strategies of the Dymocks stores. The website is a successful and growing sales channel and the Dymocks website annually ranks in the top two websites within the category of Australian book sellers.
About Ebooks Corporation
Ebooks Corporation is a public company that has specialized in the production and distribution of digital books since 1997. The company has partnerships with all of the world's leading trade, professional and scholarly publishers. The company has a multi-channel market strategy, distributing its collection of over 100,000 titles to consumers via the retail portal, eBooks.com, and to academic and research institutions via EBL: The Ebook Library. Ebooks Corporation also provides advisory and technology services to global book publishers and retailers.
Dymocks Group of Companies
Joanne Wood
General Manager, Retail Operations & Marketing
Level 6
428 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: +61 2 9224 0420
joanne.wood@dymocks.com.au
www.dymocks.com
Ebooks Corporation Limited
Suzanne Cole
Director, eb20 Technical Services
Ebooks Corporation Ltd
Level 1, 62 Bayview Terrace
Claremont, WA, 6010
Australia
Tel: +61 (0)8 9385 5851
suzanne@ebooks.com
www.eBooks.com
www.eblib.com