As part of the agreement, Baker & Taylor will offer its more than 30,000 publishing partners a full range of digital services from LibreDigital. Those services and technologies, which include LibreMarket and LibrePublish, help publishers across all segments to increase the visibility and sales of their published works.

The pair's enhanced digital services platform spans all forms of digital media - books, newspapers and magazines - and all digital devices and applications, including the Baker & Taylor-powered Blio e-reader software, developed by K-NFB Reading Technology, and Apple's iPad.

Tom Morgan, CEO of Baker & Taylor, said: “Digital devices and new applications are creating unique opportunities in the publishing industry. Baker & Taylor and LibreDigital together present a white-label platform for the aggregation and delivery of digital media products. Whatever the content, whatever the device, Baker & Taylor and LibreDigital deliver.”

Russell Reeder, president and CEO of LibreDigital, said: “The demand for e-books is skyrocketing as consumers quickly gravitate to digital channels to recommend, buy and read books, newspapers and magazines. Together with Baker & Taylor, we're paving the way for publishers to connect and deliver to this growing number of digital-savvy consumers.”

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