What we can do for you

Sales

Consortium offers comprehensive sales representation to every market channel: Independent bookstores nationwide, national accounts such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble, wholesale accounts including Ingram and Baker & Taylor, academic course adoption, public and school libraries, gift stores, museum stores, and other special markets. Top-notch independent sales reps visit bookstores across the United States and Canada, while in-house sales staff manage national accounts and liaise with Ingram’s gift, special sales, mass merchandise and international sales staff. Consortium publishers can meet with members of our sales team four times each year thanks to our rigorous presales and sales conference schedule. Our in-house sales staff are available to offer advice whenever you need it through direct contact with experienced Client Managers, Sales, Marketing, and Operations and Metadata staff. We publish seasonal digital catalogs for adult and children’s books through Edelweiss, which our reps and staff promote across sales channels and marketing platforms. Full color print gift sales catalogs are available for select adult and children’s titles.

Marketing

Our energetic and creative in-house marketing team offers advice and guidance on everything from media strategy to branding to promotional opportunities. We amplify your marketing and publicity efforts via our five newsletters, social media, and galley boxes, and promote your titles at influential book shows across all markets both locally and internationally. Consortium publishers have access to a variety of marketing resources including a comprehensive media database, expert consultations, discounted trade and wholesale advertising opportunities, and an email newsletter tool. Our Client Portal includes a wealth of marketing information in addition to providing in depth resources connected to our services.

Client Managers

Consortium staff includes talented individuals with a wealth of knowledge about the publishing industry. Each manager guides their publishers with regular meetings, updates, and annual reviews. At Consortium, our only business is our publishers business, and we strive to train, inform, and educate publishers to improve and succeed in today’s marketplace.

Data Reporting, Inventory Management and Warehousing

As a distributor, warehousing, shipping, and managing your inventory is the backbone of what we do. We provide all national accounts with new title data and have dedicated national accounts managers that work directly with the buyers in the large accounts. In addition to reporting tools to determine stock levels, we also provide print and reprint analysis and coordinate with publishers on production schedules including warehouse deliveries, release dates, and timely shipping of titles. We offer a wide range of online reports through a dedicated site for our publishers that includes sales, stock, and backorder that give publishers the information they need to manage their business.

Logistics and Shipping

Consortium publishers are located around the globe, and we are well-equipped to assist with shipping and logistics requirements. Consortium is partnered with a third-party shipping company delivering monthly consolidated shipments into the United States from both the UK and Hong Kong. Publishers who utilize the consolidation enjoy the benefit of lower costs due to higher volume as well as having inventory delivered directly to the Jackson, TN, warehouse. Consortium is also able to arrange domestic/Canadian shipments directly to our warehouse from your printer or supplier, whether it be ground, LTL, or truckload shipments. Publishers enjoy the benefit of lower shipping costs due to higher volume as well as having inventory delivered directly to our warehouse.

Digital Solutions

Consortium offers CoreSource, one of the most robust metadata systems in the publishing industry. CoreSource is a set of digital services that enables publishers to participate in digital technology through ebook conversion and distribution, and LSI digital printing services. CoreSource metadata also feeds directly to over eighty retailers, including Amazon and Edelweiss, making your books readily available to consumers with the most up-to-date information available. Consortium clients also have access, at reduced rates, to Ingram digital marketing programs IMA, iD, and Indie Pubs.