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Press Release Press release Peter Lang and Hachette Livre Announce Distribution and Print on Demand Agreement in Francophone Territories Information about Peter Lang AG Bern, 8 October 2018 Peter Lang has made academic research in the Humanities and Social Sciences International Academic Publishing Group Peter Lang is pleased to announce a major dis- available worldwide for over four deca- tribution and print on demand agreement with Hachette Livre Distribution and Lightning des. A leading academic publisher with headquarters in Switzerland and publi- Source France, improving the speed to market and efficiencies in production, which will go shing offices located in Berne, Berlin, live in autumn 2018. The agreement covers two main aspects: Brussels, Istanbul, Oxford, New York, Vienna and Warsaw, the company posi- • Through its print on demand service with Lightning Source France, Hachette will print tions itself as a link between theory, re- and distribute all new publications from Peter Lang’s French language publishing pro- search and teaching. gram, launching all titles released by the Peter Lang Belgian publishing office to book- stores and retailers in Francophone regions. This service includes order processing, cus- tomer services, credit control and fulfilment functions for all books published by P.I.E. Peter Lang SA, independent of a title’s language. About Lightning Source France: • Hachette Livre Distribution will distribute Peter Lang’s entire French Language front- Lightning Source France is a joint-ven- and backlist titles in the Francophone countries from all five Peter Lang publishing of- ture between Hachette Livre and Light- fices in Brussels, New York, Bern, Oxford and Berlin. This service includes order pro- ning Source, the leading print-on-de- cessing, customer services, credit control and fulfilment functions, and title indexing mand company in the world. Lightning for the book trade in France. Source France offers publishers a com- bination of top quality one-off book manufacturing and access to the distri- The Peter Lang group comprises five publishing houses in the US, UK, Germany, Switzer- bution solutions of Hachette Livre in land and Belgium. It publishes around 1.700 new titles annually, approximately 10 per cent the French speaking markets. LSF pro- of which are in French. Through the agreement with Hachette, Peter Lang expands signifi- cesses more than 600 000 copies each cantly its global presence in Francophone markets and secures international distribution for year, with innovative, low cost and mini- mum risk printing solutions. Lightning its growing portfolio of French language titles. Source France is located at Hachette Livre’s distribution facility in Maurepas, “Peter Lang is one of the very few independent academic publishers worldwide that has tru- near Paris. ly local publishing lists, understands regional and cultural differences and thereby supports academics in their home territories, yet operates internationally. Our goal is to continually About Hachette Livre Distribution: improve the discoverability of our publications and authors globally and to spread academ- In order to deliver the books to the va- ic knowledge swiftly and effectively to the consumers of academic research, wherever they rious distribution circuits (bookstores, are”, says Kelly Shergill, CEO of Peter Lang. “France and other French-speaking countries chain stores, supermarkets, online out- have been a long term focus, enabling us to develop strong publishing partnerships with im- lets) Hachette Livre has a 100,000-square- portant academic organizations and we are now very pleased to take a major step in full scale meter distribution tool spread across distribution and efficient production through this partnership with Hachette.” four sites: Maurepas and Balizy (both just outside Paris), Lyon and Nantes. These facilities handle distribution for “Hachette Livre Distribution is proud to be part of the roll-out of Peter Lang’s French lan- third-party and all Group imprints, ap- guage front and backlist titles. Our know-how and our powerful logistics will be dedicated proximately 100 publishers in all. Every to this renowned publisher”, says Benoit Aubin, Director Publisher Relations Services and day, the Maurepas center and its regio- Operations Branch of Hachette Livre in France. nal distribution hubs process a million books and ship 15,000-20,000 packages throughout France, making Hachette Li- vre the largest book distributor in Key Media Contact: France. Hachette Livre also has distribu- Susanne Schettler tion subsidiaries in Belgium, Switzerland Peter Lang AG and Quebec. Hachette Livre Distribu- tion has implemented a print-on-de- [email protected] mand service jointly with Lightning +41 (0)31 306 17 07 Source, the worldwide market leader. 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