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Zeitfracht further expands print-on-demand services for publishers and retailers: De Gruyter and Springer Nature rely on sustainable book production from Erfurt

Erfurt, April 19, 2022: Zeitfracht is now also printing hardcover books at its Erfurt logistics facility in collaboration with printing service provider CPI. This enables the company to serve print-on-demand (PoD) orders even faster and more sustainably. The expanded offering has led directly to new customers: Among others, the two major...

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Cooperation between Zeitfracht GmbH and the print-on-demand specialists CPI successfully launched / The media logistics provider's print-on-demand offering is being expanded

Erfurt, January 10, 2022. At the start of the new year, CPI, as the new printing service provider, and Zeitfracht GmbH in Erfurt successfully launched their Print on Demand (PoD) partnership without any interruption to production. CPI, Germany’s leading book printing service provider, brings valuable manufacturing expertise and the necessary technologies to the partnership. For example, publishers can use the PoD service to…

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Thalia opts for the Zeitfracht book trolley service

Erfurt, January 5, 2022. Another sales success for Zeitfracht GmbH: Thalia bookstores and their distribution partners have decided to enter into a long-term partnership with the Zeitfracht book delivery service. In the future, all publisher shipments will be transported by Zeitfracht. This includes deliveries to the central warehouse and final distribution to the…

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Zeitfracht expands at Erfurt site and builds new pallet warehouse

Erfurt, December 23, 2021. Zeitfracht is further strengthening its Erfurt location: In order to take account of the increased order volume and, above all, to be well equipped for further growth, the Zeitfracht Group has now opened a new building with Zeitfracht Immobilien GmbH at its media and book logistics location in the north of Erfurt directly on the A71...

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New paths: Time freight reduces transport charges as of 1.1.2022

Stuttgart, October 21, 2021. Starting January 1, 2022, Zeitfracht GmbH will lower its shipping rates for customers who use only Zeitfracht’s book logistics services. The company is reducing rates for book wholesalers by ten percent and for exclusive publisher inserts by five percent. “We must respond to rising transport costs and CO2 taxes.”

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Zeitfracht wins three new publishers for publishing delivery

Erfurt, Stuttgart, September 30, 2021 - Zeitfracht GmbH will be delivering for Gmeiner-Verlag from October 1, 2021. This makes Zeitfracht the third publishing house to become a delivery customer within just a few months. In addition to thrillers and historical novels, Gmeiner Verlag specializes in regional crime novels covering all German-speaking regions as well as cultural and travel guides.

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Growth in Zeitfracht's digital publishing delivery - Paul Pietsch publishers deliver e-books via Zeitfracht publishing delivery

Stuttgart, August 3, 2021: Paul Pietsch Publishers have been delivering their e-books via Zeitfracht GmbH's digital publishing delivery service since July. The publishing group is thus expanding its cooperation with Zeitfracht, which has been responsible for the delivery of printed books since 2015. Zeitfracht's technical cooperation partner for digital distribution is...

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Emergency aid: Zeitfracht supports bookshops affected by the flood disaster

Erfurt/Stuttgart, July 20, 2021 - Zeitfracht GmbH is supporting the bookstores affected by the flood disaster. Some of the bookstores in North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Austria supplied by the media logistics company Zeitfracht GmbH have also been hit very hard by the flood disaster. Zeitfracht GmbH is therefore supporting these bookshops with an emergency aid amount totaling...

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Two years of Buch&Co.: More services and members

Stuttgart, March 9, 2021: The book trade cooperation Buch&Co. is celebrating its anniversary. To mark the two-year anniversary of Buch&Co., Zeitfracht is offering even more services for the more than 400 members of the cooperative group and simplifying product range design with new category management modules. Booksellers can now choose the right modules for their needs from 14 categories, to...

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Communication campaign for booksellers to open up the book trade

Stuttgart, March 5, 2021: Zeitfracht is supporting its customers with a large-scale communication campaign to help them restart after the corona-related lockdown. Under the slogan "Finally. We missed you.", Zeitfracht is emotionally promoting the advantages of bricks-and-mortar retail. "The campaign, which is free of charge for booksellers, enables them to act quickly to get customers back...

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