Ingram announced in April that it will partner with South African bookseller Van Schaik to provide etextbooks via its VitalSource platform. Van Schaik, which has 55 stores in South Africa specialising in academic, trade and reference textbooks, plans to launch its etextbook offering in July 2012. Ingram also announced last month that it has reached an agreement with UK bookselling chain Foyles to manage catalogue data and direct order fulfillment for
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