Why Constellation? Simply the best digital service for independent publishers

Constellation connects/integrates all things digital

The only complete digital service for independent publishers

Not just eBooks, but all things digital

• Empowers digital discovery • Enables and supports digital printing • Distributes and monitors digital ebooks • Provides digital marketing tools, including tools for social media • Offers instant access to digital education and analysis • Sales support and merchandising opportunities • Support staff providing exclusive full service to clients

Not just technology, but

• Screens and negotiates deals with all Constellation vendor partners • Ingests files, converts and distributes publishers’ metadata • Monitors, consolidates and reports all activity back to publisher • Remits sales revenues • Provides tools to improve efficiency, effectiveness and discovery

Complete end-to-end service

Developed by Perseus for independent publishers

• Perseus Books is a sizable independent publisher in its own right (encompassing 10 individual imprints)

• Through PGW, Consortium, Perseus Distribution and Faber Factory Powered by Constellation, Perseus Books is a major service provider to over 400 independent publishers globally

• As both a publisher and service provider, we invest significant resources to help independent publishers maximize their economics and adapt to a constantly evolving marketplace:

• Invest in technology and people centrally to the benefit of a larger group

• Provide clout in gaining access to key partners and in partner negotiations

• Constantly evaluate the transitioning landscape; pilot and add powerful new partners

• Provide flexible participation options (you opt in to services and titles in services)

• Share insight and analysis to help keep publishers up to speed on all the latest developments

By independents for independents

• How are ebook consumers discovering books?

• Which categories of ebooks are selling better/worse, which categories translate well into ebooks and which are more challenging?

• Do ebook sales tend to be more/less front-list driven than physical book sales?

• How are major ebook resellers really pricing books to consumers?

• Are ebooks cannibalizing print sales or growing the overall market?

• What can the ePub standard handle in terms of retaining formatting/artistic expression?

• Will additional investment in enhancements yield additional sales?

• Piracy analytics; DRM vs. DRM-free; library lending strategies

Constant focus on client education and tools for digital market analysis

Constellation Connect provides ongoing education and analysis through its events, webinars and newsletters on topics like:

Our Publishers: 400 prominent independent publishers and growing

2.13.61 Abbeville Publishing Group Adventure Publications Agate Digital Agate Publishing AK Press Akashic Books Alice James Books Allison & Busby Alyson Books American Diabetes Association And Other Stories Publishing Anthem Press Arcadia Books Arcadia Literary Agency Archipelago Books Architecture Interiors Press Arsenal Pulp Press ArtNetwork Atlantic Books Augustus Publishing Aurum Press Avalon Travel Aztext Press Basic Books Beast Books Beautiful Books Beginning Press Behler Publications Bella Distribution Bellevue Literary Press BenBella Books Bene Factum Publishing Biblioasis Bilingual Readers Birlinn Biteback Publishing Bitter Lemon Press Black & White Publishing Black Balloon Publishing Black Classic Press Black Dog Publishing Lmt London Black Rose Books Bloodaxe Books Bluffer's Guides BOA Editions Book Peddlers, The Bookline & Thinker

Domino Press, The Dzanc Books Easton Studio Press Eland Publishing Elliott & Thompson Emergency Press Enchanted Lion Books Encounter Books Engine Books English Heritage Publishing Enigma Books Entangled Publishing Entrepreneur Press Equity Press Etruscan Press Europa Editions UK Exterminating Angel Press Eye Books Faber Academy Faber and Faber Fang Duff Kahn Publishers Featherproof Books February Books Feminist Press at CUNY, The Fence Books Feral House Figment Fine Print Literary Management Firebrand Books Flare Publications Fledgling Press Floris Books Folio Literary Management Food First Books Foxrock Books Frame Publishers Franklin Publishers Freight Books Fulcrum Publishing Gallic Books Gallup Press Georges Borchardt Gibson Square Giles de la Mare Publishers GLAS New Russian Writing Global Travel Publishers Gooseberry Patch Green Candy Press Greystone Books

Kelcy Press Kennel Club Books Kohl Publishing Koyama Press Kube Publishing Leapfrog Press Levine Greenberg Literary Agency Liberties Press Libra Nova LifeTime Media Liffey Press, The Lilliput Press, The Limehouse Books Little Tiger Press Liza Royce Agency Long River Press Loose Chippings Lumen Books Mandy and Pandy, Co. Manic D Press Marion Boyars Publishers McNidder and Grace McSweeney's McWitty Press Melanie Jackson Agency Melcher Media Menasha Ridge Press Milkweed Editions Monkfish Book Publishing Morpheus International Mount Vernon Press Muswell Press Myriad Editions Nation Books National Lampoon Press Naval Institute Press Neil Wilson Publishing New Horizon Press New Internationalist New Press, The New Society Publishers New Village Press New World Library NewSage Press Nicholas Brealey Publishing Nick Hern Books Nicolo Whimsey Press

RDA Press RE/Search Publications Red Rock Redleaf Press Regnery Publishing Robert Hale Robert Kennedy Publishing Rodmell Press Ronin Publishing Running Press Salon Media Group Sandstone Press Saqi Books Saraband Sarabande Books Scarletta Press Seal Press Seren Serpent's Tail Seven Footer Press Seven Publishing Shelter Publications Shoemaker & Hoard Short Books Sierra Club Books Sierra Club/Counterpoint Silver Dolphin Books Silvertail Books SLG Books Small Beer Press Small Planet Media Soft Skull Press Sort Of Books Source Book Publications South End Press Souvenir Press SPCK SportsBooks Spry Publishing Stockholm Text Stone Bridge Press Story Plant, The Sunrise River Press Surrey Books Swift Publishing TalentSmart Talonbooks Tanglewood Press

BowTie BroadLit Bywater Books Cameron + Company Canongate U.S. Carcanet Cargo Publishing (UK) Carol Mann Agency Carousel Press CarTech Central Recovery Press Channel Photographics Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency Cherry Red Books Children's Book Press Chin Music Press Cicerone Press Cinco Puntos Press City Lights Publishers Cleis Press Clerisy Press Coach House Books Coffee House Press Columbia University Press Connell Guides Constable & Robinson Copper Canyon Press Council Oak Books Counterpoint Craving Wellness Crown House Publishing Crowood Curbside Splendor Cursor Curtis Brown Cynthia Cannell Literary Agency D&M Publishers Da Capo Press Daunt Books David Black Literary Agency DCD Media de.Mo Design Dedalus Diamedica Diane Banks Associates Distributed Art Publisher Diversion Publishing Corp. Dominick Abel Literary Agency

Grosvenor House Publishing Groundwood Books Grove/Atlantic Gryphon Press, The Gürze Books Halban Hammersmith Books Harbour Books Hartnett Agency, The Harvard Business Review Press Harvey Klinger Haus Publishing Hawthorne Books Haymarket Books Hazelden Publishing Head of Zeus Healthy Travel Media Hesperus Press Hg2 History Press, The HJ Kramer Hoberman Collection Holy Cow! Press Honno Press HopeRoad House of Anansi Press How To Books Hundreds of Heads Books Hunter House Icon Books Ig Publishing Image Continuum Press Immedium Impress Books In Easy Steps Independent Music Press Inside Pocket Insight Editions Interlink Publishing Interweave Press Irene Skolnick Literary Agency Islands Book Trust, The Janklow & Nesbit Joelle Delbourgo Associates John Blake Publishing Jonathan Ball Publishers Kabbalah Publishing Kalmbach Books

Night Shade Books Nilgiri Press Nolo Press Occidental Nortia Press Nosy Crow Notting Hill Editions nthposition press O'Brien Press, The Ocean Press Odyssey Books Old Street Publishing Oldcastle Books Open Court ORO editions Osho Media International Oval Guides Owners Manual Press Papaloa Press Parallax Press Parthian Books PassPorter Travel Press Paul Bresnick Literary Agency Paul Dry Books PD Digital PDR Consumer PDR Network Pear Press Pearson Venture Group Peirene Press Peter Glickman Peter Owen Publishers Pinder Lane & Garon-Brooke Assoc. Polperro Heritage Press Pomegranate Press Portable Press Process Profile Books Prospect Park Books PublicAffairs Pushkin Press PVG Quest Books Quick Trading Company Quiller Ransom Publishing Rare Bird Books Rat Press Raven's Quill

Tate Enterprises Templar Publishing Theatre Communications Group Thunder Bay Press Time Out Tin House Books Torrey House Press Travelers' Tales Trinity University Press Turtle Point Press Tuttle Publishing Two Dollar Radio Tyrant Books UIT Cambridge Ulysses Press Unbound Unbridled Books Uncivilized Books Underland Press Underwood Books Urantia Foundation Vagabond Voices Vanguard Press Verse Chorus Press Vertebrate Publishing Visualist Publishing Watershed Media Waterside Productions Wave Books Waverley Books Web of Life Children's Books Weinstein Books Weinstein Publishing Westview Press Wharton Digital Press Whereabouts Press White Cloud Press White Pine Press Wide World Publishing, Tetra Wilderness Press Wilkinson Publishing Willow Creek Press Wine House Press Wisdom Publications Wise Parenting Press Wolfhound Press Writers House Zephyr Press Zuccotti Park Press

Some key independent publishers include:

Constellation Partners: Powerful…

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…global and always growing…

E-Retailing (online sampling and distribution) • Amazon Kindle US • Amazon Kindle UK / .de / .fr • eBooks.com • Amazon Kindle International • EBL • Amazon Search Inside the Book • Ebrary • Anobii / eBooks by Sainsbury’s • EBSCO ebooks • Apple US iBookstore • Flipkart • Apple Canada iBookstore • Follett Digital Services • Apple EU iBookstore • Gardners • Apple ANZ iBookstore • Google Play • Apple Volume Purchase Program • Google Book Search • Axis 360 (a Baker & Taylor program) • Ingram Digital • Barnes & Noble US & UK • Ingram MyiLibrary • Blio (a Baker & Taylor program) • Kobo

• Bookish • OverDrive • Bowker Full Content Indexing • Sony Reader™ Store • Copia

Digital Print

• CreateSpace • CreateSpace UK / EU • Edwards Brothers Digital Print • Espresso Book Machine • Lightning Source • Lightning Source UK • ReadHowYouWant

Digital Production • Jouve • Typefi

Marketing Tools • Emma • NetGalley • SmartShoot

Anti-Piracy Programs • Attributor Digimarc Guardian

…reaching important international markets CAN UK EUR ANZ ASIA ME LAMC AFR

EBOOKS

Amazon.com – e-book retail sales to international customers, from the US site, priced in USD

Amazon.co.uk – eBook retail sales to UK customers, from the UK site, priced in Sterling

Overdrive - eBooks to Int'l markets, priced in local currency (USD & Sterling)

Kobo - eBooks to Int'l markets, priced in USD

Apple iBookstore

Google Play

Ingram Digital

Blio

Gardners

Copia

Flipkart

POD

Amazon CreateSpace - POD to Int'l markets, through local sites, priced in local currency (Sterling, Euro & UDS for Japan)

Perseus/Edwards Brothers UK – Short Print Run for UK

Lightning Source - POD to UK Market through Grantham Book Services (PBG’s UK distributor) & Canada direct to accounts

The only complete digital service for independent publishers

Digital Service Tools Example: Constellation Dashboard

The Constellation Dashboard, accessible from any browser, offers a variety of services and a wealth of information. With secure password protection, it provides access to drilldowns for enrolled titles, overviews by digital partner and individual title, as well as sales track by title. Here too are status updates of where specific titles are being rolled out partner by partner. Combined with the ability to upload files directly for conversion and distribution, the Dashboard offers a degree of transparency and tracking that is unmatched.

Key Features of Constellation

• Complete: from digital print to digital discovery and everything in-between • Easy and Powerful: One file to everywhere • Future-Proof: Constantly evaluating new partners and adding new offerings • Independent: Technology-agnostic, integrating the best of the best for the benefit of publishers • Publishers Decide: Publishers have complete control via proprietary web interface • Clout: Strong relationships with retailers and wholesalers worldwide • Scaled to Grow: Backed by a multimillion dollar Digital Asset Management system • Powerful Reporting: One statement, clear sales reporting and tracking • International: North America to World, World to North America

Digital Partner Checklist:

• Offer multiple conversion options for creating ePubs and enhanced ePubs? • Warehouse all of your digital files and metadata? • Distribute your digital files and metadata and follow-up on your behalf? • Reach both North American and International retailers and markets? • Merchandise and promote your e-books via an experienced sales force? • Collect, normalize and provide sales reports and feeds? • Supply a Dashboard interface that gives you complete transparency? • Negotiate and problem-solve with vendors on your behalf? • Employ experienced client service and vendor managers? • Understand independent publishing, .i.e., are they an independent publisher themselves? • Educate you with regularly scheduled seminars, webinars, newsletters? • Organize publisher working groups by category? • Provide digital marketing tools that help drive sales? • Think about future digital services for you and with you, e.g. digital workflow, pricing analytics?

Things to Look for in a Digital Services Partner

Do They…

Connect with Constellation On the web: www.constellationdigital.com Or email: info@constellationdigital.com