Signed, sealed, delivered: New direct-to-consumer site for BookSource
Late June saw the launch of a new eCommerce website for the Glasgow-based book distributor, BookSource, with the site going live under the url mybooksource.com.
The new platform represents the culmination of many months of discussion, planning, co-ordination and implementation – providing, as it does, a fresh new retail outlet for their wide range of client publishers, showcasing titles in a variety of physical and digital formats – and audio CDs to boot.
It’s a smart move from the distribution team, and – backed by their blossoming publisher clientele, as well as Publishing Scotland – should quickly bring customers in through the virtual doors, and provide an alternative to the mainstream book retail channels.
From our own perspective at Firsty, it’s been a real joy working with the team in Cambuslang. There’s a noticeable growing trend within book distribution to move towards direct retail – and it makes perfect sense: the stock is readily available in physical format, and eBook logistics is instantaneous.
Davinder Bedi, BookSource MD said, ‘Firsty have helped us develop an excellent platform from which to sell our clients’ products. After 21 years of helping publishers do business, MyBookSource.com is another way of bringing more sales to our publishers.’
Firsty’s CEO Darin Brockman added: ‘It’s been great fun working with the BookSource team , and we’re really looking forward to continuing the relationship over the months and years ahead, with significant potential for ongoing innovation.’
