NEW ZEALAND PARTNERSHIP FOR GREAT NEW ZEALAND EBOOK COLLECTION

An agreement signed this week will enable New Zealanders (and others) to purchase from the first collection of New Zealand ebooks through a New Zealand retailer. Great NZ Ebooks, a collection of digital books, made possible through the investment of Copyright Licensing Limited and Creative New Zealand, will soon be able to be purchased from Wheelers.

Prior to this agreement being signed, New Zealand readers had no local online retailers to buy their ebooks from. Wheelers, New Zealand’s largest online new book supplier to schools and libraries, have invested in an ebook delivery platform equivalent to those operated by some of the significant international ebook retailers.

Paula Browning, CEO of Copyright Licensing Limited, says “We are thrilled that we have been able to partner with a reputable New Zealand supplier for our New Zealand ebooks. We know that New Zealanders like to “buy New Zealand made” and the Wheelers system will ensure that the retail market for ebooks generates a return to a New Zealand company as well as to New Zealand authors and publishers.”

The launch of www.greatnzebooks.co.nz is planned to ensure that New Zealanders can be reading New Zealand ebooks by Christmas this year.