Ingram Content Group inks deal with Repro at Frankfurt Book Fair

The announcement was made in the presence of Rajeev Vohra, executive director of Repro India, and David Taylor, senior vice president content acquisition, Ingram Content Group.

 

Repro will be Ingram’s Global Connect print provider, giving publishers from across the world the ability to make content available through local print-on-demand and distribution facility in India. Publishers can get their content closer to consumers and shorten delivery times to customers.

 

The US-based Ingram Content Group is the world’s largest distribution service for books and content. Through this partnership, which has been in the works for nearly a year, Ingram will leverage Repro’s existing capabilities in providing content, print and fulfillment solutions to publishers, education institutions and corporations. Repro has a solid distribution infrastructure; including two state-of-the art book-printing plants on India’s west coast, in Mhape (Mumbai) and Surat.

 

“Through Global Connect, we work with established local printers around the world to provide publishers with a trusted way to expand their global distribution strategy,” said Taylor. Publishers’ content has central accessibility to in-market facilities with title pricing in appropriate currencies, shipping orders and content translation.

 

Along with its partnership with Repro in India, Ingram also announced Global Connect partnerships in China and Italy. In China, the company will work with China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Corporation (CNPIEC), and in Italy with Rotomail. “All books that are manufactured by printers in the Global Connect program use the same quality control processes in place at Ingram facilities worldwide. Each Global Connect relationship adheres to strict file integrity and security procedures, and Ingram provides reporting and payment remittance,” said the official release from the company.

 

The new facilities in India, China and Italy join existing Global Connect locations in Germany, Russia, Brazil, Poland and South Korea.