Bertram Books and Elephantbooks.com Forming Partnership.Business Editors, High-Tech high-tech also hi-tech adj. Informal Of, relating to, or resembling high technology. high-tech Adjective same as hi-tech Adj. 1. Writers GILROY Gilroy, city (1990 pop. 31,487), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1870. Located in the fertile Santa Clara valley, Gilroy supports diversified agriculture, including vineyards, orchards, dairy and mushroon farms, and plant nurseries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2000 Bertram Ber´tram n. 1. (Bot.) Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum). Books, the leading book distributor in England England, the largest and most populous portion of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1991 pop. 46,382,050), 50,334 sq mi (130,365 sq km). It is bounded by Wales and the Irish Sea on the west and Scotland on the north. has formed a partnership with Elephantbooks.com as part of their www.yourlocalbookshop.com -- an added value Added value in financial analysis of shares is to be distinguished from value added. Used as a measure of shareholder value, calculated using the formula:
Elephantbooks.com is one of the leading in stock, out-of-print online booksellers. In the last two years Elephantbooks.com has established a significant presence in the online out-of-print book business with an impressive inventory of books. Bertrams Sales and Ecommerce Director, Bob Shingleton, says, "We see the Out-of-Print market opportunity as being significant. We were very impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: with the Elephantbooks.com business model which complements our own plans by combining the best of 'bricks and mortar' and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the bookselling. Bertrams and Elephantbooks.com have agreed to develop other joint strategic opportunities." ElephantBooks.com and Bertrams' Yourlocalbookshop.com, together, create a breakthrough in combining new and out-of-print bookstores in one online store. This will not only attract an unprecedented number of book enthusiasts but consequently will bring in more unique titles, new and out-of-print, at one convenient location. Established in 1998, Elephantbook.com strives to provide quality out-of-print, rare and used books to its Internet customers. Founders Jan G. Krane and Dirk Krane recognized the need to have in stock out-of-print books available. "This is an important service for book lovers and researchers," explains Jan Krane. "We describe the books accurately, price them fairly, and always ship within 24 hours." Elephantbooks.com is growing rapidly with 40,000 plus books added to the inventory on a monthly basis and revenue growth of 20% a month. Elephantbooks.com has developed expertise in several areas including Sourcing, Transporting, Cataloging and Order Fulfillment Order fulfillment (in BE also: order fulfilment) is in the most general sense the complete process from point of sales inquiry to delivery of a product to the customer. Sometimes Order fulfillment . Elephantbooks.com plans to expand their operation Internationally to provide better service to its customers. The model that Elephantbooks.com has developed can be applied universally and negotiations are already underway to establish operations in Europe. The relationship with Bertrams is part of the Elephantbooks.com strategy to expand their business by establishing relationships with related quality organizations and to continue to be the leading in stock out-of-print online bookseller. |
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