Global Connect Program

Global Connect is the Ingram Content Group program that enables your titles to be available to a wider network of Print-on-Demand (POD) distributors around the world. Global Connect offers unparalleled distribution to a global network of retailers by working with digital printers in countries around the world. Distribution hubs in each country combine POD technology with long-established retailer relationships to efficiently reach readers in their local markets.

How Your Books Reach a Global Marketplace of Bookstores & Online Retailers

Not only can Global Connect help you capture sales and find new customers in markets that would otherwise be difficult to reach, but you will also be compensated the same way as if your books were sold through Ingram wholesale.

With no inventory on hand, books are printed and distributed only when retailers and customers place orders. Publishers are paid for the sale minus the cost of printing and the wholesale discount, which eliminates the high up-front costs associated with storing and managing physical stock. This makes it easier than ever before to build your independent global publishing business.

The current Global Connect markets are:

• Brazil
• China
• Germany
• India
• Italy
• Japan
• Turkey
• Singapore
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Spain

Dropship orders are not available through these printers. They only fulfill bookstore and retail orders in their market.

The Benefits of Global Connect

- Eliminate shipping costs to foreign markets
- Eliminate the guesswork of determining how much inventory to print and ship
- Remove the risk of offering a title to the global market due to low or unknown sales potential
- Never miss a sale in these markets
- Make titles available with secure file distribution to vetted and trustworthy printers who print and supply books to their market as they are sold, and no currency exchange rates to calculate for the list price of the book
- Possible frontlist solution into foreign language markets

FAQs

What currency am I paid in?
All payments to the publisher are calculated in USD and paid in the currency the publisher normally receives. The payment currencies supported today are USD, GBP, AUD, EUR, and CAD.

How do I add my title(s) to the Global Connect markets?
By entering a retail price and wholesale discount for each title and each market, Ingram will make your titles available in each current GCP Market. Participation in any given GCP Market will serve as your permission to distribute the title in that market through the GCP.

Who sets the price in the local market? 
The publisher provides a price they will be paid for each book in USD, and the printer partner will convert this to their currency, add margin and print cost, and then determine the price to sell the book in their market and in their currency.

Are the books returnable?
No, all sales are non-returnable through Global Connect.

How often do I receive reporting?
We provide sales reports for Global Connect sales monthly within the existing US POD publisher compensation statements. You can also generate reports from your account. This can be found under Reports, then Print Sales reports. Select the option for the Global Connect report. If viewing online, be sure to deselect the option for POD.

When do I get paid?
Payments are made to the publisher 90 days from the end of the month in which the sales are received and reported.

Do you have a Global Connect Guide that displays all of the Global Connect partners?

Yes our guide can be found HERE.

If there a recomended Wholesale discount for the Global Connect Market?

Yes, as a guide, it is recommended to set a Global Connect discount of over 40%. This provides a margin for the Global Connect distributors to calculate an appropriate local currency price for the region. This also enhances local availability for titles within a competitive book market.

German Fixed Price Law:

Books published in Germany or imported books in German may only be sold to end customers in German bookstores at a fixed retail price.

The law serves to protect books as a cultural asset. Setting binding prices for sales to end customers ensures that a wide range of books is available. At the same time, the law ensures that this range is accessible to a broad public by promoting the existence of a variety of bookshops.

As retailers use different sources when importing German-language books from LSI, this can lead to different retail prices in bookshops. This violates fixed book prices.

Libri GmbH is committed to cultural diversity in the German book market. Libri therefore places great importance on compliance with fixed book prices. For this reason, Libri is currently unable to distribute German-language books from LSI on the German book market.

Work is currently underway to find a solution that is satisfactory for all market participants and complies with the Fixed Book Price Law.

Here you will find further information on the German Fixed Book Price Law: The_regulations_of_the_system_of_fixed_prices.pdf