SSI Revamps Harcourt Trade Website
Date: 4/4/2002
Silicon Space Revamps Harcourt Trade Publishers’ Web Site
San Diego, CA – Silicon Space, San Diego’s premier Web systems integrator, has launched a completely redesigned public Website for Harcourt Trade Publishers at www.harcourtbooks.com. The initial release of the revamped site, which launched March 1, 2002, brings the quality and professionalism of Harcourt’s Web presence into alignment with the prestige of its award-winning lineup of fine books and authors.
The site features a page for every title in Harcourt’s catalog; a search engine that allows visitors to search by title, author, ISBN, children’s age range, and more with links directly to book information pages; and adult and children’s catalogs in downloadable PDF formats. In future phases, Silicon Space will incorporate additional features, such as pages for authors, an events calendar, email newsletters, site personalization, and a content management system that will allow Harcourt Trade employees direct control over the content of Web pages.
The long-term strategy is to create a full-service, information-rich Website that will serve the needs of Harcourt’s target audiences of booksellers, authors, agents, reviewers, and consumers by delivering both information and tools in a self-service fashion. The Website will also help Harcourt reduce the costs associated with generating hard-copy marketing materials and catalogs while driving additional sales of Harcourt books.
“Working closely with Silicon Space, we have created a Website that reflects Harcourt’s image as a publisher of sophisticated, high-quality books while emphasizing our rich literary tradition,” said Kira Glass, Director of Interactive Marketing.
“Silicon Space has been working closely with Harcourt Trade Publishers to help them create their digital strategy, and the public Website is one critical component of that strategy,” said Curt Nelson, CEO of Silicon Space. “We look forward to long and fruitful relationship with Harcourt.”
About Harcourt Trade Publishers
Harcourt Trade Publishers is a division of Harcourt, Inc., a leading U.S. publishing company serving consumers and the K-12 education markets. In July 2001, Harcourt, Inc. was acquired by Reed Elsevier plc, a world-leading publisher and information provider with over 36,000 employees conducting principal activities in North America and Europe.
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