September 4, 2008
Welcome to Constellation!
We are excited about both current and emerging opportunities in the digital environment and believe that digital technologies will significantly alter the book publishing, marketing, and distribution landscape in the years to come. At the same time, participation in these emerging digital channels can be expensive, time consuming, and complex, with relatively modest near-term returns on the investments required to participate.
With Constellation, our “one-stop” digital service, we believe that we can give you, the independent publisher, an unparalleled ability to participate as fully as you choose while minimizing your investment of time, money, and resources. This powerful technology- and vendor-agnostic service creates one central repository and service organization that can help you manage your titles through their life cycle, leveraging—where appropriate—online marketing and sampling, e-book distribution and sales, short print run (short print runs to stock), and true print on demand (print only to order).
In designing Constellation, our primary objective was to extend the reach of the independent publishing community into the digital landscape and vice versa and, in so doing, create a robust set of digital opportunities that would enable independent publishers to benefit from exposing their content to more readers and make more money.
We are enthusiastic about the role of digital services in the publishing marketplace and hope that you are as well. Given the evolving nature of the digital environment, we fully expect that Constellation will continue to grow and expand as new technologies, new partners, and new ways to reach readers emerge and become viable.
This booklet is intended to provide you a brief overview of our current set of services, answers to common questions about each component service, and resources to consult for further information.
We look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
Joe Mangan
Chief Operating Officer
The Perseus Books Group