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80 optimize books for sale online . This is key to publishers ’ success both on Amazon and other e-tailers given the multitude of brick-and-mortar closures over the years . It will strengthen LSC ’ s leadership position in content logistics , distribution and monetization across all formats , channels and platforms .
LSC has morphed into a solutions provider , Lewis continues . No longer simply the output partner for a printed book , it now provides tools that enable strategy formulation and efficiencies in the supply chain . A good example would be the multi-year supply chain services agreement it signed in December 2018 with the United Church of Canada , under which it will provide a range of distribution services from LSC ’ s Newmarket , Ontario location .
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Michael Shea is determined that LSC will continue to leverage best-of-breed technology solutions to serve its clients . To address the age-old problem of piracy in global textbook publishing , the company worked with a long-standing partner in print and in July 2017 LSC launched its IntercepTag solution ,
delivering a platform for verifying textbook authenticity through the scanning of secure unique identifier codes . The platform uses HP ’ s tried and tested Link Technology for product authentication to help protect intellectual property and fight counterfeiting throughout the entire supply chain . Publishers can apply an IntercepTag serialized mark , a unique anti-piracy identifier code , on each book at the time of production via a label or digitally printed cover . “ It ’ s a tangible demonstration of our robust Supply
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