PubEasy® UK Announces New Affiliates

Booksellers Can Now Order or Check Title, Price & Availability for Turpin Distribution, Bertram Books and Orca Book Services Online at PubEasy

New York, NY, USA – October 13, 2005 – PubEasy®, the global enquiry and ordering service for the book industry, is pleased to announce that Turpin Distribution is now live on PubEasy. They join two other Affiliates in the UK community -- Bertram Books and Orca Book Services -- both of whom have implemented PubEasy over the last year.

Turpin Distribution
Turpin provides a range of global fulfillment and distribution services for research and scholarly publishers in the area of print and electronic publications, including the O.E.C.D., Hodder - Arnold, The British Library, The British Psychological Society, The Society of Chemical Industry, ICSA Publishing, Pion, Whurr Publishers, Turpion, Brill Academic Publishers, Kluwer Law International and Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC.

Bertram Books
Bertram Books is a leading book wholesaler in the UK, with an ever-growing number of international customers. In 2002, Bertram's became the only wholesaler ever to receive the "Supply Chain Performer of the Year" award from the British Book Awards.

Orca Book Services
Orca Book Services provides a full distribution service to general, academic and specialist book publishers. EDI trading links have been established with major customers (including WH Smith, Waterstones, Bertrams and Gardners) which enhance their ability to maintain successful relationships with these important partners.

For more information on titles carried by these Affiliates or any of the other top publishers who have joined PubEasy, visit the PubEasy Affiliate site at http://www.pubeasy.com/affiliates/participating.html or search PubEasy Central Services at http://www.pubeasycentral.co.uk/

"Adding Turpin, Bertram Books and Orca Book Services to the PubEasy community significantly enhances our goal of offering booksellers around the world instant access to the world’s greatest English language titles,” said Gary Aiello, Executive VP and GM of Publisher/ Retail Business at Bowker, the parent company of PubEasy. “We look forward to assist them in offering state-of-the-art services to their customers -- as we do for all publishers, distributors and wholesalers who have joined PubEasy.”

PubEasy allows booksellers to:

• Search for title and price information from virtually any location around-the-clock with one single password login
• Query multiple Affiliates at one time using Central Services
• Place electronic orders
• Upload book lists for bulk ordering with Transact
• Search and place orders through customized e-catalogs

PubEasy is always free to booksellers - register online at http://register.pubeasy.com/books/owa/register

About PubEasy®
PubEasy is a division of Bowker, with over 16,000 booksellers in 110 countries representing thousands of imprints. PubEasy offers publishers, distributors and wholesalers exposure to a large universe of potential clients, while increasing the ease with which booksellers can conduct business with their suppliers. Visit the PubEasy website at www.pubeasy.com.