New Providence, N.J. - September 27, 2006 - PubEasy®, the global enquiry and ordering service for the book industry, is pleased to announce the completion of integration between PubEasy UK Central Services and Batch. Users can now switch seamlessly from viewing order details in UK PubEasy Central Services to viewing invoice and payment details in Batch.

Individual UK affiliates will be adding this functionality to their PubEasy home pages over the next few months.

“This new functionality will be an enormous help to booksellers who are dealing with invoice queries because they can now see both order and invoice information simultaneously,” said Liz McNaughton, PubEasy European Sales Manager. “Booksellers can now answer all their questions -- in one session -- improving their ability to reconcile invoices and fitting both services more seamlessly into their workflow.”

Fraser Tanner, Managing Director of Batch said, "Integrating PubEasy and Batch offers booksellers significantly improved online order management capabilities. It is also a major step toward realizing the vision of an integrated electronic supply chain in the publishing industry."

For retailers who would like to become a PubEasy member, registration is available on-line at no charge by visiting www.pubeasy.com. Batch Invoice and Return services are also offered to retailers free of charge and registration information is available online at www.batch.co.uk.

About Batch
The batch.co.uk service is wholly owned by The Booksellers Association of the UK and Ireland. The system has been designed to help the book trade reduce overheads in the supply chain by improving communication between suppliers and their customers and providing organisations of all sizes the opportunity of the advantages of trading electronically.

Batch provides a single payment solution. Booksellers make a single payment that covers payments to all their suppliers. Suppliers receive a single payment from all their customers. Visit the Batch website at www.batch.co.uk.

About Bowker
Bowker is the world's leading provider of bibliographic information management solutions designed to help publishers, booksellers, and libraries better serve their customers. The company is focused on developing various tools and products that make books easier for people to discover, evaluate, order, and experience, as well as providing services to publishers that help them better understand and meet the interests of readers worldwide. Bowker is a member of the ProQuest family of companies and is headquartered in New Providence, N.J., with additional operations in England and Australia. For more information, please visit www.bowker.com.