14th May 2010
Three Major Italian Book Publishing Groups Choose De Marque
Quebec City, May 14, 2010 – De Marque
is proud to announce that the Italian electronic book market will be built on
its technological platform, which was developed in Quebec City. Indeed, three
of Italy’s most important publishing groups –
Feltrinelli, Messaggerie Italiane/GEMS and RCS/Rizzoli – have
chosen De Marque’s expertise to develop their electronic books offering.
The Italian Corriere della Sera
newspaper reported in its May 12th edition (http://tinyurl.com/corriere-edigita)
that the three Italian groups have decided to join forces to develop an electronic
book market in Italy. This announcement was made during the Turin 2010
International Book Fair.
“This is a very important step in our business development strategy because it
shows that we are able to deliver innovative solutions to the international
book industry, outside of French-speaking countries,” said De Marque’s
president, Marc Boutet.
“We are very proud of this recognition because we were chosen via a very strict
selection process conducted by the CEFRIEL, an organization associated with the
Politecnico di Milano – Milan’s major engineering university. This confirms the quality of the commercial
and technical analysis that led to the choice of our team’s technological
platform,” said Christian Roy, vice-president of technology and development.
This news comes on top of last year’s decision by French publishing groups
Gallimard, La Martinière and Flammarion to select De Marque’s technology to
build a common platform called Eden Livres (www.edenlivres.fr).
De Marque, in partnership with the ANEL, or Association
nationale des éditeurs de livres (an association of publishers in Quebec
and French Canada), also develops and operates the only electronic book
distribution platform in Quebec. Many of Quebec’s and France’s major book
sellers’ websites are already connected to this platform (www.entrepotnumerique.com).
“It’s very exciting to note, once again, that the business model we are developing
in Quebec continues to inspire other companies and associations outside of
Canada. I am particularly happy that our Quebec and French-Canadian clients will
continue to benefit from the significant technological innovations we can
develop thanks to these important international deals,” concludes Marc Boutet.
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For more information, please contact:
Martine RiouxCommunications Officer
martine@demarque.com
418 658-1910 #235
www.demarque.com