KRMC-Kurrant Mobile Catering Announces International eBook Distribution Agreement with De Marque Inc.

Press Release Source: Cogito Media Group On Monday June 20, 2011, 8:30 am EDT

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.

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LibreDigital Launches Self-Service Ebook Distribution Portal

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LibreDigital Launches Self-Service Ebook Distribution Portal

LibreDigital, a solutions provider for digital books, newspapers, and magazines, announced that it has launched a new self-service distribution portal for small to medium sized publishers. The portal allows publishers with any kind of file to submit their ebooks for distribution on the Apple iBookstore and other marketplaces.

LibreDigital provides a wide range of digital publishing services to seven of the top 10 U.S. trade publishers. These services include distribution to ebook marketplaces, marketing and discovery tools, managed conversion services, and sales reporting and analytics through LibreDigital Business Intelligence. The new portal allows small to medium publishers to sign up online for distribution and conversion services online and achieve the quality levels that are necessary to gain distribution to more than 50 global marketplaces. Distribution services are provided on a revenue share and file conversion services can be charged to the publisher’s credit card based on the costs of converting from the original source.

LibreDigital is one of four approved aggregators for the Apple iBookstore in North America and the only one who can provide all of the services Apple tracks in its aggregator program. LibreDigital has also delivered a number of titles to Apple as enhanced ebook and fixed-format ebooks, helping to deliver the next generation ebook experience on the iPad. The new portal will open up these capabilities to small and medium sized publishers as well.

Source: LibreDigital

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OverDrive Accelerates Global eBook Distribution to K-12 & Higher Ed Channels

SOURCE: OverDrive, Inc.

Hundreds of School, College & University Libraries Worldwide Now Offer Digital Books via OverDrive

CLEVELAND, OH--(Marketwire - May 18, 2011) - Educational and academic publishers can now reach schools around the world with hundreds of K-12 and higher education libraries now in OverDrive's global network. New eBook publishers supplying to OverDrive-powered school, college, and university libraries include Houghton Mifflin, Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Kaeden Publishing, Barnes Report, and ALA Editions. They join Barron's Educational Series, Inc., Disney Digital Books, Elsevier Science, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Scholastic, Taylor & Francis, and many others in providing digital books to libraries via OverDrive.

OverDrive, the leading distributor of eBooks and more to libraries, will demonstrate this expanded global network with growing distribution to educational channels at BookExpo America booth #4852 & Digital Zone #2114, May 24-26 in New York's Javits Center. OverDrive will also present on the benefits of multichannel distribution and library eBook lending at IDPF Digital Book and School Library Journal Day of Dialog on May 23, as well Publishers Launch BEA on May 25, in New York City.

"OverDrive is building on its success connecting thousands of public libraries and hundreds of trade publishers with a rapid expansion into the education market," said Karen Estrovich, content sales manager at OverDrive. "Educational and academic publishers now have increasing digital distribution opportunities to school, college, and university libraries around the globe, with dozens of new library partners joining OverDrive's global network in just the past few months."

OverDrive powers digital collections for hundreds of K-12 school and higher education libraries worldwide. Elementary and secondary school partners, both individual and district-wide, include WSWHE BOCES (New York), Mesquite ISD (Texas), International School of Amsterdam, and Arrowhead Union High School (Wisconsin). College and university partners, both two- and four-year institutions, include McGill University, University of Pittsburgh, and Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology.

OverDrive provides digital distribution services for more than 15,000 libraries, retailers, and schools worldwide with support for WindowsR, MacR, iPodR, iPhone, iPad, SonyR Reader, NOOK?, Android, and BlackBerry.

About OverDrive
OverDrive is a leading multichannel digital distributor of eBooks, audiobooks, music, and video. We deliver secure management, DRM protection, and download fulfillment services for hundreds of publishers and thousands of libraries, schools, and retailers, serving millions of end users. OverDrive has been named to the EContent 100 as a company that matters most in the digital content industry. Founded in 1986, OverDrive is based in Cleveland, OH. www.overdrive.com

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BitTorrent gets into ebook distribution

BitTorrent is getting into the ebook game, releasing Megan Lisa Jones' political thriller "Captive" for free download.

Why buy an electronic book from an ebookstore when you can get it for free via BitTorrent? That’s the idea behind the peer-to-peer file sharing service’s new initiative: they’re offering Megan Lisa Jones‘ political thrillerCaptive as a free download in both PDF and ePub formats, along with a video introduction with the author. The move markes BitTorrent’s first book release, complementing offerings from musicians and filmmakers who have used BitTorrent to reach out to audiences. However, theCaptive promotion lasts for just two weeks: after that, readers will have to pay actual money to download a legal copy.

“We’re very pleased to be working with Ms. Jones to explore this medium,” said BitTorrent chief strategist Shahi Ghanem, in a statement “Our joint efforts will provide an enjoyable book to over 100 million users around the world. Plus the results of our ongoing Artist Spotlight pilot program are providing valuable insight into new—and viable—media distribution models.”

Of course, the free download offer is intended to promote both Ms. Jones and Captive, and users are encourages to interact with the author via Twitter, Amazon reviews, Facebook, and the author’s blog and Web site—where, not coincidentally, readers can sign up for information about a sequel.

BitTorrent is, of course, mainly known as the technology behind a significant amount of illegal downloading of copyrighted material, as clearinghouses like the Pirate Bay share links to torrents amongst millions of Internet users. However, BitTorrent the company has been trying to make a name for itself as a legitimate media distribution mechanism that’s independent of publishers and the traditional content industry—and they’ve had some success, with the punk band Sick of Sarah racking up a million downloads in a few week’s time.

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