LERNER PUBLISHER SERVICES
The Smarter Distribution Choice for Children's Publishers
Sell More Books
Are you looking for an experienced and respected partner with broad reach in the US and Canada to distribute your titles? Let Lerner Publisher Services handle your distribution and fulfillment to get the sales results you expect. With more than 60 years of leading independent children’s book publishing as Lerner Publishing Group, our reputation within the book retail, library, and classroom marketplaces will put your books in the hands of more customers and drive more revenue. Our vendors and clients distinguish Lerner Publisher Services based on sales and customer service excellence, high quality standards, and attention to the details that result in an exceptional customer experience.
Increase Your Market Reach
Lerner Publisher Services markets and sells books through a variety of channels. In the trade market, we reach consumers by working directly with top retailers and wholesalers, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Ingram, and more. Our independent sales professionals call on bookstores and gift shops.
In educational markets, our top customers are K–12 school librarians, public librarians, and teachers. We have significant market share in a space of more than 124,000 school libraries nationwide. In addition, more than 16,000 public libraries across the country purchase our books. We reach librarians and teachers directly through independent sales representatives. Our in-house sales professionals maintain relationships with all educational distributors and wholesalers.
Established Sales Advantage
Trade
Bookstore Chains
Bookstore Wholesalers
Independent Bookstores
Libraries
Public Libraries
School Libraries
School & Library Distributors, Wholesalers, and Prebinders
Inside Sales
Classrooms
Classroom Distributors, Wholesalers, and Sales Reps
Special Sales
School Book Fairs
Display Marketers
Subscription Boxes
Mass Merchandisers
Many Others
Rights & International Sales
Domestic and International Rights
International Distribution
Canadian School & Library, Classroom, and Trade Distribution
eBook Sales
Retailers (Amazon, bn.com, etc.)
Wholesalers (Baker & Taylor, OverDrive, Follett, etc.)
School and Public Libraries
Digital Subscriptions
eBook-only Distributors
Marketing Services
- Collateral materials for use during sales appointments
- Website catalog listings, searchable on a wide variety of fields, plus a designated link to a listing of all of your titles available through Lerner Publisher Services
- Hyperlink from our website to yours
- Your books displayed in our catalogs and targeted direct mail materials
- Your books and promotional materials displayed at market-appropriate industry conferences
- Other Marketing services available
Save Time
- Let us take care of your fulfillment, customer service, inventory management, shipping, and return services so you can focus your resources on developing excellent products
- Our computer and warehousing systems help to ship your orders quickly and accurately
- We offer account administration by tracking all orders and transactions
- You will receive daily, weekly, and monthly sales/stock reports showing sales activity and current inventory
- Customized consulting services throughout the entire publishing process to help ensure you meet the needs of the market
Save on Costs
- We assume risk for collections, regardless of customer terms
- Simplified, competitive trading terms
- Low-cost PDF, ePub, and ePub3 creation and conversion to eBooks available
- Competitive printing, prepress, and scanning F&G’s and bound galley services available
LERNER PUBLISHER SERVICES
Our Publishing Partners
Contact Us
David Wexler, EVP of Sales
Lerner Publisher Services
241 1st Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55401
info@lernerbooks.com
