Ingram Digital has created four new business units:
- Retail Solutions, which will help publishers and online retailers sell e-books and digital audiobooks to consumers. Andrew Weinstein, an Ingram Digital and Lightning Source veteran, has been named v-p and general manager for the unit.
- Education Solutions, which focuses on sales from publishers to students using the VitalSource file format, VitalBook. VitalSource v-p of sales and marketing William Chesser becomes v-p and general manager.
- Institutional Solutions, focusing on selling e-books to libraries via the MyiLibrary online e-book plaftorm. Rich Rosy, formerly v-p of business development for Asia Pacific, becomes v-p and general manager of the unit.
- Content Solutions, which focuses on digital asset management and acts as Ingram Digital's distribution "warehouse." Tyler Ruse has joined the company as v-p and general manager of this unit. He formerly worked with Structured Publishing and Code Mantra.
In addition, Ingram Digital has created a central support team that will present the company's service and technologies to the publishing industry and market to publishers, customers and end users. The new division is composed of three departments: publisher business development, custom solutions and marketing. Martin Marlow, formerly v-p of product and marketing, heads the new division as v-p of marketing and publisher business development.
In a statement, James Gray, president and CEO of Ingram Digital, commented: "With this new structure, Ingram Digital will effectively deliver the rapidly expanding catalogue of digital content management and distribution solutions it has been developing over the past 12 months."