Penguin Random House Two-Day Transit Shipping Program Returns

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Penguin Random House logoOn Monday, October 2, Penguin Random House launched its two-day transit shipping program for the holiday season.

Orders for Penguin Random House physical titles received from independent booksellers by 3:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, will ship no later than the following business day, weather and transport conditions permitting, for arrival at booksellers’ doors within two days. Penguin Random House’s Westminster, Maryland, and Crawfordsville, Indiana, operations centers both have weekend shifts in place to enable orders received on Fridays and Saturdays to be shipped Monday. The program will run for five months, through March 2, 2018.

All frontlist and backlist books from the imprints of the Crown and Knopf Doubleday Publishing Groups, Random House, Penguin Publishing Group, Random House Children’s Books, Penguin Young Readers, Penguin Random House Audio, and DK Publishing — together with Penguin Random House Publisher Services clients — are available for Penguin Random House Two-Day Transit Shipping.

The expedited shipping program, begun by Random House in 2011, has been expanded over the years from a two-month test program to a full five months of rapid replenishment to independent bookstores. “Our speedy supply chain, coupled with state-of-the-art sales analytics, help us keep our most popular titles in stock throughout the holidays, and provides important support to independent bricks-and-mortar bookstores at a critical time of year,” said Jaci Updike, president of the Penguin Random House Sales Group. “Our goal is keeping our books and authors front-and-center throughout the busiest shopping weeks of the year.”

Annette Danek, senior vice president of fulfillment for Penguin Random House, commented, “We love this time of year. My colleagues in Westminster and Crawfordsville, in partnership with the home office, are always seeking new ways to enhance our service to indie bookstores. Innovative technology allows us to get books from our dock to their door faster than ever before.”