MONTREAL, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- KRMC dba Cogito Media Group (OTCBB:KRMCE.ob - News) is proud to announce that it has signed an agreement with De Marque Inc. for digital distribution of its eBooks in multiple languages and formats to its customers worldwide using De Marque's unique platform technology. The two companies have also entered into a business partnership to develop the very rapidly-growing eBook market. De Marque is a Quebec-based technology company with an international eBook distribution network that includes more than 200 e-retail outlets, such as the Apple iBookstore, Kobo, Baker & Taylor (Blio), Eden Livres, Edigita, iWeb, Dimedia, ANEL, CampusText and FeedBooks.
De Marque is a global leader in the development of platforms dedicated to digital content. From the world of education to e-publishing, De Marque has introduced cutting-edge products that are now available in over a hundred countries. De Marque's eBook platform was first adopted by the French Canadian Publisher Association (ANEL).?In France, Eden Livres, considered as one of the three most important eBook platforms in France and composed of the publishing groups Gallimard, Flammarion and La Martiniere, uses a distribution platform powered by?De Marque.?In Italy,?Edigita, which includes three of the four largest publishing groups - Feltrinelli, Messaggerie Italiane/GEMS and RCS/Rizzoli - are also using?De Marque technology.?More recently, the fourth largest printing company in North America, Transcontinental, chose De Marque as their exclusive eBook aggregator.
"We have successfully launched four eBook titles with De Marque and we will be releasing Julian Assange – WikiLeaks: Warrior for Truth in late June. We will follow with more titles from our French and English catalogue as soon as possible. We plan to be a digital media leader on the international market. De Marque provides a fully integrated digital platform capable of offering real-time sales data and marketing analysis reports across a broad range of retail channels and reading devices, including digital marketing tools. This will help us fully tap exploding e-book demand worldwide and assist us in gaining market share in a approximately $450 Million US wholesale market," said Pierre Turgeon KRMC-Cogito CEO.
"We are excited to have the opportunity to include Cogito Media Group titles in our product offering. It will greatly help us to obtain serious attention from our international sales channels and, of course, from customers and readers," said Marc Boutet, CEO of De Marque.
Cogito produces literary and film projects on commercially-valuable mainstream topics, including high-profile individuals and historical legal cases. Cogito recently announced the upcoming publication of Osama bin Laden: The Final Days through its subsidiary Transit Publishing. This is the same company that brought the great success: Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson, which reached #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. Cogito titles are distributed by Midpoint Trade Books in the U.S., Benjamin Livres in Canada and by Interforum in France, one of Europe's largest book distributors.
For further information, please visit www.cogitomedias.com and www.demarque.com.
Statements released by Cogito that are not purely historical are forward-looking within the meaning of the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the company's expectations, hopes, intentions, and strategies for the future. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties that may affect the company's business prospects and performance. The company's actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Risk factors include but are not limited to general economic, competitive, governmental, and technological factors as discussed in the company's filings with the SEC on Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K. The company does not undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements contained in this release.
Investor Relations Contact:
Peter George
Tel: 514-273-0123 Ext: 228
E-mail: peter.george.transit@gmail.com
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