* The National Association of Independent Publishers Representatives has now gone live with their electronic catalog/ordering tool, Frontlist Plus Universal, presenting fall 2009 lists from “more than 200 participating book publishers and primary distributors.” The service provides “new title data in catalog order” and promises to “eliminate countless hours of redundant data entry across thousands of industry sites utilizing diverse inventory-control systems.” The NAIPR (which operates as a nonprofit) says “publishers and master distributors pay a nominal fee per ISBN included in the program.” Their focus is on serving both “the buyer or inventory manager following up on their sales […]