Does anyone has favorable personal experience with a fulfillment company located in the Midwest? (Fulfillment houses store books/products, answer calls, process credit cards, and ship to consumer.)
A few weeks ago I asked the question above. NO ONE DID! I bumped into a page on Publishers Marketing Association's site: http://www.pma-online.org/showsearch.cfm
I have included the list below. I have no experience with any of these vendors, but at least we all now have a list to check out! Remember, this is only a resource list, not an endorsement.
-- Book Clearing House
Arnold Smoller
46 Purdy Street
Harrison, MI 10528
Phone: 914-835-0015
Fax: 914-835-0398
Email: asmoller@aol.com
Web: www.book-clearing-house.com
BCH is the fulfillment house for over 400 small presses. This includes
order taking, credit card processing and shipping-warehousing if required.
We handle books, videos, CD's and audios. One percentage charge covers
everything. No start-up fee or monthly service charges.
-- ALPAK Manufacturing Corporation
Jason Taub
181 Boyd Street, PO Box 339
Montgomery, MI 12549
Phone: 914-457-9100
Fax: 914-457-9983
Email: alpakman@aol.com
Web: www.alpak.com
Stock displays DIRECT from the manufacturer! ALPAK has been designing &
producing award-winning corrugated displays since 1955. Full catalogue of
stock displays (no tooling charges!), plus full color brochure. All displays
(floor displays & counter-top units) may be custom-printed, high-gloss
varnished, litho-labeled (in-house!) or structurally modified in our C.A.D.
design studio. Pre-packaging, fulfillment & drop-shipping available as well.
-- BookMasters, Inc.
Sherry Ringler
2541 Ashland Road
Mansfield, MI 44905
Phone: 800-537-6727
Fax: 419-589-4040
Email: info@bookmaster.com
Web: www.bookmasters.com
BookMasters, Inc. is a full-service manufacturer with ONE-STOP SHOPPING
capabilities. We specialize in one-color books, with soft and hard cover
bindings, and serve the short to medium run market. We provide 'ship only'
and 'full-service' order fulfillment, which includes an '800' Call Center.
Atlasbooks, our Internet bookstore, allows secure online ordering/web page
design.
-- The Cat's Pajamas, LLC
Debbie Berentson
Box 1016
Anacortes, MI 98221
Phone: 360-293-8372
Fax: 360-293-7372
Email: info@tcpj.com
Web: www.tcpj.com
The Cat's Pajamas offers fulfillment software for publishers and
distributors. Systems include user-proven programs for processing
orders/invoices, direct mail, returns and credit memos, back orders,
standing orders, sales commissions, royalties, and EDI. Systems feature
management of accounts receivable, inventory, mailing lists, journal
fulfillment, promotions tracking, and sales analysis reporting.
-- Cypress House
Joe Shaw
155 Cypress Street
Fort Bragg, MI 95437
Phone: 707-964-9520; 800-773-7782
Fax: 707-964-7531
Email: publishing@cypresshouse.com
Web: www.cypresshouse.com
Dedicated to educating and nurturing independent publishers, Cypress
House offers a full range of editorial, production, and marketing services.
Our professional staff gives meticulous attention to manuscript evaluation,
editing, proofreading, page and cover design, illustration, typesetting,
promotions, and fulfillment support. Call or write for a free brochure.
-- Delta Direct Access
Ken Hoffman
27460 Avenue Scott
Valencia, MI 91355-34773
Phone: 661-294-2200
Fax: 661-294-2208
Email: custserv@ddaplus.com
Web: www.ddaplus.com
DDA offers everything you need for high quality short-run digital book
printing, from design layout and formatting through production, including
our full in-house bindery, for saddle stitching, perfect binding, accubind
or hard cover. Upon completion we can ship direct or process the fulfillment
on a daily basis through our fulfillment center.
-- Printing & Publishing (Division of Health Communications, Inc.)
Sandy Dolan
3201 S.W. 15th Street
Deerfield Beach, MI 33442-8190
Phone: 800-851-9100 x218
Fax: 800-424-7652
Email: sandyd@hcibooks.com
Web: www.hcibooks.com
Complete book manufacturing offered to you by the publishers of the #1
Bestseller 'Chicken Soup for the Soul'. Our book production services
include: cover design & text formatting, electronic prepress & automated
stripping, sheetfed & web press, perfectbound & Otabind (layflat) softcover,
adhesive casebound or smyth sewn hardcover and fulfillment services.
-- The Intrepid Group, Inc.
Arthur Maranjian
1331 Red Cedar Circle
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Phone: 970-493-3793
Fax: 970-493-8781
Email: arthur@intrepidgroup.com
Web: www.intrepidgroup.com
Serving small to medium-size publishers from centrally located Colorado,
Intrepid offers a full range of fulfillment services, from complete order
processing to straight pick-and-pack. Call, write, fax, or visit our web
site for a no-obligation quote for your fulfillment work.
-- Moore North America Publications Group
Pamela K. Rowson
100 Washington Square, Suite 1000
Minneapolis, MI 55401
Phone: 800-647-2015 x1016
Fax: 612-661-1195
Email: pamela.k.rowson@gs.moore.com
Web: www.mgservices.com
Moore's Publications Group specializes in the production of
time-sensitive, revenue-generating communications such as directories,
catalogs, technical manuals and books. We offer value-added services which
encompass database management, electronic publishing, and national/regional
print and fulfillment services. Moore's web plants, situated nationwide, are
ISO9002 certified and utilize state-of-the-art digital processes to develop
and print publications with greater flexibility and cost-efficiency.
-- Sheridan Books Inc.
Ron Volink
613 E. Industrial Drive
Chelsea, MI 48118
Phone: 800-999-BOOK; 734-475-9145
Fax: 734-475-7337
Email: minforma@sheridanbooks.com
Web: www.sheridanbooks.com
Complete book and journal manufacturer providing sheetfed, web, and
Cameron Belt printing. Offering a full range of binding styles including
casebound, perfect (soft cover), notch binding, and Otabind. Electronic
prepress services -- imaging from disk to fully imposed plate ready film.
Book warehouse and fulfillment services. Sheridan Books Inc., is a division
of the Sheridan Group.
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