Sponsors
David Lamb and Susan Reich formed Book Advisors LLC in 2016 to consult on mergers and acquisitions in publishing. We have completed more than a dozen transactions, as well as a variety of financial, distribution, and operational consulting projects, including fair market valuations. We are pleased to have recently worked in association with Clarke & Esposito; Thad McIlroy of The Future of Publishing; and Kuo-Yu Liang of Ku Worldwide.
We pride ourselves on our relationships, diligence, and discretion. Whether you are interested in buying, selling, financing, or consulting, please get in touch for a confidential discussion.
bookadvisorsllc.com | bookadvisors@gmail.com
Firebrand Technologies is a software and service company that has been assisting book publishers with data and workflow management solutions for more than 35 years.
NetGalley is an online platform that connects publishers and authors to reviewers, librarians, booksellers, media, and educators who discover new books on NetGalley and recommend them to their audiences.
As developers of software and digital solutions, Firebrand Technologies and NetGalley are also industry experts and active members of the publishing community. Our solutions benefit all aspects of the publishing process, from acquisitions all the way to sales and marketing.
NetGalley helps publishers build buzz for titles, receive quick feedback and reviews, and discover early trends.
Title Management Enterprise, along with its’ compact version, Title Management Lite, is Firebrand’s core software application that provides advanced publishing workflow management throughout the entire publishing process.
Eloquence on Demand is the publishing industry’s most powerful ONIX distribution platform, distributing metadata and digital assets to over 600 trading partners in ONIX and other formats.
Flywheel is a backlist marketing service that identifies hidden opportunities in the backlist for increased discoverability and sales.
Eloquence on Alert monitors live title data and trends in the marketplace and alerts publishers of critical mistakes and opportunities that can impact sales (missing buy buttons, third party sellers, etc.).
FlightDeck is the most advanced EPUB Validation and Testing tool available.
Welcome to a better way to print books.
Perfect Bound was created in 2022 to help address the supply-chain issues that have been plaguing the book publishing industry for years. Periods of excess capacity at printers are followed by short windows of delays due to supply crunches. Perfect Bound seeks to open up the printing market to independent publishers and authors by allowing printers from all around the globe to easily connect and do business with publishers looking for new and dynamic suppliers.
What is Perfect Bound?
Perfect Bound is a two-sided marketplace that connects independent book publishers with printers in the U.S., Canada, Colombia, Brazil, Turkey, China, Malaysia, India, and more.
Discover new publishing partners with one click
Our robust platform allows you to simply build out product quotes, send out requests to hundreds of printers with the click of a button, negotiate and finalize your print runs and track products from the press to the warehouse. As a printer, connecting with new publishers, bidding on upcoming projects and getting paid has never been easier or more secure.
Connect with new publishing partners instantaneously
Send and receive print requests from around the world
Execute and track print runs from the press to the warehouse
Transact seamlessly using ACH payments through Stripe without leaving the platform
“Adopting Insight for our publishing house was like swapping a bicycle for a Ferrari. Suddenly, everything moves faster.”
—-German children’s book publisher and Insight customer
Work Smarter, Achieve More
Developed by Veristage, Insight empowers publishers to thrive in the evolving AI landscape. Using AI and a robust suite of digital tools, Insight analyzes and understands your documents and books, in order to help you:
Create, improve, and refresh metadata
Speed up the creation of title-specific marketing, publicity, and sales materials
Identify and evaluate a book’s key messages, unique selling points, target audience, comp titles, and more
Optimize your marketing and sales content for maximum reach, engagement, and increased sales
Unlike generic AI platforms, Insight is engineered to function within publishing workflows and to help you create publishing-specific information and assets.
How It Works
Upload your book to the Insight platform
Insight’s AI tools analyze and understand your book
In a few minutes, Insight generates a wide range of metadata and key information about your book for editorial, marketing, publicity, sales, and rights departments
Enter manual edits to any of this information directly in the platform. Your book and AI content is saved within Insight, so you can access it anytime.
Use our document-aware AI Chat to optimize your title information, interact with your books, and incorporate book details into communications and other materials
Security and Copyright
The Veristage team is committed to providing AI services that are secure and protect publishers’ intellectual property. Our platform has advanced information security systems in place, and we only work with AI models that do not store or use your data to train future models.
Solutions for Publishers of All Sizes
Insight is designed to work for publishers of all shapes and sizes, from consumer to academic, from three-person teams to multinational organizations. We offer competitive pricing and scalable solutions.
Talk to us to find out how Insight can benefit your business:
