Presentation of Cantook, an advanced ebook distribution platform, by the CEO of De Marque — Marc A. Boutet — at the Frankfurt Book Fair on Octobre 12, 2012.

1. Power
to propel
Warehousing | Security | Promotion | Distribution | Sales | Business Intelligence | Networking
Presenter: Marc Boutet, CEO

2. No 100,000’s numbers
No $ 1,000,000 promises
Not a Alice in Wonderland-like story
No magicwands
A pragmaticapproach to ebook distribution
based on (real) people publishing
(and doing good business)

3. It’s a (very) robusttechnologydelivering
hundreds of files eachweek
… but it’smuch more thanjustanother
ebook distribution solution

4. It’s an international, multilingual business
networkbuiltto accelerateyourebook business.
(becauseexperienceselsewhere
in the world canbeinspirational, useful
and profitable)

5. It’s a network
to shareexperiences and knowledge
to face highlydynamicmarkets.
(Becausewe’reneveralone to bechallenged
by this question atthismoment)

6. It’s the vision of a global network.
…a kind of Star Alliance
for ebook distribution
Made forsmallindependantpublishers
as well as bigpublishing groups

7. … of course it’sconnected to
major e-retailers and local bookstores
(both in pull and push modes)
(and itworksverywell — don’thesitate to askthem!)

8. WhatmakesCantooktechnology unique
isthatyoucan:
• Manage ALL yourebook distribution
activitiesfrom a single online tool
• With full autonomy or full support
• Frommetadata to files (all kinds)
• Title by title, or hundredsat a time
• Through a web interface or usingvarious API

9. A robustplatformpropelling
publishers to success

10. Manage yourebooks’
full metadata

11. Chooseamongdifferent
protection modes for your files

12. • Keep control of yourrights and your
commercial strategy
• Usingyourowncontracts (if youwant to)
• Definingyourownprices / pricemodels
• No exclusivity
• No long term engagement required
• Using a cloud / sharedplatform
• Operating yourownplatform (for a publishing group)

13. Sendyour files to major players

14. Manage pull ebookstores

15. • Trackyour sales and marketing actions’
efficiency (both online and offline)
• On a continuous basis
• Accessing tables and graphs on the web
• Export extensive data in integrated csv files
• Evenusingreal timeapi’s

16. Maximize usage of your data

17. • Chooseamongmanyextended marketing
services:
• Look insidefeature
• Table of content accessfromanywhere
• Multimediaadd-ons
• Promotional, restrictedaccess copies
• Easy (really) direct selling solution fromanywebsite

18. Promoteyourebooks

19. Sellebooks on yourwebsite

20. Get all consumers data

21. • Share questions /
experiencewithotherpublishers / publishing
groups

22. … alreadypropelshundreds of publishers
all around the world.
120 publishers (La courte échelle, Ulysse, Alire, Boréal, Hurtubise…)
More than10,000ebooks
120 publishers (Gallimard, La Martinière, Flammarion, Actes Sud…)
More than 14,000ebooks
60 publishers (Feltrinelli, MessaggerieItaliane/GEMS, RCS/Rizzoli…)
More than13,000ebooks

23. • Share questions / experience of
otherpublisher / publishing groups
– Wejustannounced new China and
Japanpartners
– Current discussion withmany more
Staytuned…

24. Publisher
Bookseller
Distributor
Othersimilarplatform
Evencompetitor
You wouldlike to connect?
And be part of a new kind of (open) network?

25. Call us.
Tryit for free.
No obligation.
You willadoptit.
(as youronly solution or as a complement
to youractual solution)
You’llsee!

26. www.demarque.com