McGraw-Hill Delivers PubEasy®, a Self-Service Solution for College and Professional Retailers

If you're a manager at any one of more than 4,500 college and professional bookstores in the U.S. and Canada and you're looking to create a more efficient retail operation, McGraw-Hill Education, a leading global provider of electronic and print products, is ready to make your job a whole lot easier.

McGraw-Hill and McGraw-Hill Ryerson (Canada) have launched PubEasy®, a global publishing e-marketplace developed by R.R. Bowker. Through PubEasy®, bookstore associates can instantly place and track McGraw-Hill orders, and obtain price, title and real-time availability information over the Internet more quickly and cost effectively than ever before.

"Through PubEasy®, we've leveraged the best of technology to deliver state-of-the-art self service to our retail sales channels," said Brian Heer, group president of McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Professional and International. "We're pleased to offer bookstores a fully transparent system that greatly simplifies workflow for our own customer service operations."

"This implementation at McGraw-Hill furthers Bowker's movement toward streamlining operations and creating growth opportunities for the bookselling industry and bookstores across North America," said Gary Aiello, executive vice president and general manager of the Bowker Retail/Publisher Division. "It also enhances McGraw-Hill's existing ordering system perfectly with advanced, user-friendly customer service solutions."

McGraw-Hill plans to expand the use of PubEasy® beyond the U.S. and Canada and to its Pre-K through 12th grade markets in the near future.

About McGraw-Hill Education

McGraw-Hill Education is a leading global provider of electronic and print products that enhance teaching and learning in pre-K through Grade 12, higher education and professional markets. It is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's and Business Week. The corporation has more than 280 offices in 37 countries. Sales in 2004 were $5.3 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mheducation.com/.

About PubEasy®

PubEasy®, the Global Publishing e-Marketplace, represents the new standard in e-commerce for the global bookselling industry. Thousands of booksellers from over 110 countries spanning North America, Europe and Asia are using PubEasy® to facilitate access to order placement, order tracking, price, title and availability data over the Internet with participating publishers, distributors and wholesalers, more quickly and cost effectively. Booksellers with a PubEasy® password can directly access any participating Affiliate web site on the PubEasy® network. The service is available via the Internet 24 hours a day, seven days a week. PubEasy® is a service of Pubnet LLC, a subsidiary of R.R. Bowker LLC.

SOURCE: McGraw-Hill Education

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