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PGW, a member of the
Perseus Books Group, is a one-stop solution for world English language sales, marketing and distribution for independent publishers. PGW sets the standard for high-end, full-service distribution, and is a top ten vendor to retailers and wholesalers throughout the industry. PGW’s market leadership, experience, flexibility and customized services provide client publishers with comprehensive and targeted distribution to meet today's ever changing market place. |
Berkeley Office Sales
The Berkeley-based sales team manages nearly half of all U.S. sales generated by PGW, including major accounts such as amazon.com, Ingram,Costco and other ‘club’ retailers, regional retail chains regional wholesalers, and airport stores. Most of PGW’s special sales are also generated by this group, either through a direct relationship with accounts such or through network of commission representatives selling to gift and specialty stores.
New York Office Sales
The major chains and other key accounts, including Barnes & Noble, Borders, Baker & Taylor and Books-a-Million as well as international sales are managed from PGW’s New York Office, As the global center of the book publishing community and the location of many of PGW’s clients, the NY office also serves as a center for acquistions, marketing meetings and other PGW activities and services, and is also the home base for PGW’s international sales team.
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Jackson Distribution Center
On August 1, 2007, PGW began shipping all client orders from a new state-of-the-art 400,000+ square foot distribution center in Jackson Tennessee. Dedicated exclusively to PGW clients’ titles, this facility was initiated just four months earlier by the Perseus Books Group and represented a major enhancement to PGW’s speed and efficiency in distribution, putting the company on par with the leading publishers in the country.
Jackson is also home to the other distribution centers of the Perseus Books Group as well as the company’s new Short Run Printing Service Center, where PGW client titles can be printed and shipped with no transportation delays. |
Digital Distribution: Constellation
In mid-2008 the Perseus Books Group and PGW launched Constellation, its new Digitial Services division based in Boulder, CO, designed to empower independent publishers to exploit the sales and marketing opportunities created by the rapid developments of digital technology.
By providing a single file per book, independent publishes can quickly and efficiently make their titles available in on-line search programs such as Google Search, “look inside” initiatives like those at Amazon and BN.com, eBook distribution with partners including Amazon Kindle and the Sony eReader, digital distribution into the library market, short run digital printing at the Perseus distribution center in Jackson Tennessee, Print-On-Demand services like Lightning Source and BookSurge and other digital services as they emerge. Publishers decide and control which of their titles participate in these digital programs
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