Globe Pequot Press To Expand Ebook Offerings

Posted on February 22, 2002

Globe Pequot Press, Inc., a specialty publisher of travel, outdoor recreation, sports, how-to, cooking, and nature books, has selected Clickshare Service Corp. to expand its distribution of ebook downloads. The suggested price for the digital titles, to debut next month, is about half the print versions. The Clickshare relationship will augment Globe Pequot's existing use of Publications Unbound, a private, Calgary, Alberta, Canada-based ebook distributor.

"We have already experimented with digital downloading of books," said Patty Gallagher, Globe Pequot director of ebusiness development. "Clickshare takes us to the next level by providing the technology for us to share our titles with the customers of our major business partners without the hassle or privacy issues associated with registering those users or taking their credit-card numbers."

Globe Pequot will initially contribute four titles to the Clickshare network of one-ID, one-password commerce collaborators, which include newspapers, syndicators and specialty publishers. Among the newest titles will be The Hunter, the Hammer and Heaven, a just published novel by Robert Young Pelton, about a motley trio of journalists who travel the most war-ravaged countries on earth for insight into forces shaping our future.

"Globe Pequot's unique experience in niche publishing gives them the insight to see the value of Clickshare's one-ID, one-password, multiple site approach to content access and sales," said Nell Fields, Clickshare CEO. "By joining the Clickshare Service, Globe Pequot instantly leverages our existing customer base. And every new online reader contributes revenue to Globe Pequot when they purchase other things via Clickshare - from crossword puzzles to sports newsletters."

The Globe Pequot Press is a publisher and distributor of travel and outdoor recreation books. The company publishes and distributes approximately 700 new titles annually, with a current backlist of more than 3,000 travel, sports, and recreation guides. Globe Pequot is also the owner of Falcon Publishing, a Montana-based publisher of outdoor recreation titles; The Lyons Press, a New York based publisher of fishing, hunting, and literary nonfiction titles; and Cadogan Guides of London, a publisher of international travel guides.

The Clickshare Service is an Internet transaction infrastructure for shared authentication and single sign-on, enabling privacy-protected purchasing of text, music, video, software, and other products and services. Consumers have one account at a trusted website and buy from other websites without having to pass around a credit-card number, repeatedly register or give out personal information.