interforum.fr

Interforum distributes books for publishers and supplies them to retailers, including bookshops, supermarkets, online stores, specialist booksellers and export channels. It handles marketing, promotion, storage, order preparation and shipping through automated industrial centres. The company also offers value-added services and tools for publishers and booksellers.

Its customers are book publishers, for whom it provides distribution access, and retail outlets that buy from those publishers. The website states that it serves over 200 Editis group and independent publishers and over 15,000 clients, and that almost 120 million books from 220 publishing houses are distributed each year. Revenue comes from distribution services.

Interforum is part of Editis and a subsidiary of International Media Invest (IMI). It has been active in the French book supply chain for over 60 years. The website states it is present in Canada, Belgium, Switzerland and France, and employs over 12,000 staff. Recent news includes the addition of Olivier Nora Éditions to Editis and Plumes du Web joining Interforum.

Product: Book distribution, order preparation, storage and shipping services for publishers and retailers, with value-added tools.