CoreSource

Digital Distribution

Join over 100,000 publishers who rely on Ingram‘s CoreSource platform as their all-in-one solution for digital distribution. What sets CoreSource apart is its unparalleled global reach, powered by Ingram's extensive networks and print and digital distribution channels. 

CoreSource: One Intuitive Platform

Our user-friendly dashboard makes it easy to view and manage your titles. Our easy-to-follow navigation takes you through each step of the process from file ingestion and optimization to distribution and reporting.

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Unparalleled Global Channel Reach Tailored to Your Business

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Distribution Tailored to Your Needs

    Customize your book distribution with manual and automated options that flex to suit your business needs.

    Increase Channel Reach

      Connect and deliver your content to your choice of over 450 global retail, library, and discovery partners.

      Enhance with Digital Sales 

        Reach more than 50 ebook and audiobook retailers and library channels using CoreSource to manage your digital sales. View Ingram's Distribution Network.

        Workflow Efficiency

        Monitor and manage your content distribution using our rules-based logic that is tailored to align with your publishing workflows and schedules.

        Multi-Format Support

        Manage and distribute ebooks, audiobooks, and print-ready files for Lightning Source seamlessly from a single platform. 

        In-Depth Reporting

        Schedule and run reports that monitor ingestion and distribution history and ensure metadata quality. 

        Capture Consumer Interest
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        Connect to Ingram Services

        CoreSource can pass your print-ready files and metadata to Lightning Source, a leading print-on-demand provider. This integration maximizes your catalog availability through Ingram's global distribution network.

        By sending metadata from CoreSource to Ingram Wholesale, you enable your books to be discovered on ipage®, a powerful online discovery platform, and key book marketplaces worldwide.

        Enhanced Security

        Our dedicated team and advanced data centers ensure the highest level of protection when storing, managing, and distributing your book content. All content files are fully encrypted within CoreSource. Security is monitored and continually improved through the oversight of internal and external cyber-security experts and best-in-class reporting.

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        Our Team is Here to Help You Succeed

        Our experienced integration team will assist you with metadata refinement and establishing custom channel rules tailored to your unique business needs. In addition to maintaining an extensive resource center, we offer customer service, office hours, webinars on key topics, documentation of new development, and business reviews.

        Supply Chain Efficiency

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        "CoreSource is an increasingly important platform for Kogan Page. It contains metadata for all our print and digital products and provides a single interface into the digital and physical supply chains.... Without CoreSource our digital sales would not be achievable in the seamless way they are today.

        – Kogan Page

        "Keeping the metadata of our vast and varied publishing program up-to-date across global channels is of key importance to De Gruyter. CoreSource helps us to do this and also provides support for our endeavor to better supply our worldwide sales channels with eBooks to reach consumers, academics, and librarians in their preferred environment.”

        – De Gruyter

        "CoreSource has revolutionized how Bonnier Books UK manages its digital data distribution. I can’t emphasize enough how much time, effort, and personal misery – mired in distributor spreadsheet hell – it has saved me personally, and the wider business.”

        – Bonnier Books UK

        Streamline Digital & Print Asset Management

        Take Control of Your Metadata

        Metadata Essentials unlocks insights into the value and real-life uses of the metadata you spend so many precious hours editing and curating. Because it does matter.

        • Enhance the metadata that yields proven results
        • Boost title discovery
        • Increase online conversion rates
        • Save time and money
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