Effective in the fourth quarter, Ingram will manage warehousing, fulfillment, POD and e-book content management solutions for Longleaf Services, founded by the University of North Carolina Press in 2006 to provide fulfillment for university presses and non-profit publishers. Besides UNC Press, Longleaf's clients are Louisiana State University Press, Rutgers University Press, Syracuse University Press, University of Nebraska Press and University of the West Indies Press.
Robbie Dircks, president of Longleaf Services and associate director and CFO, University of North Carolina Press, commented: "With the enormous change we are experiencing in the industry, working with Ingram will allow Longleaf to provide a fully-integrated suite of print and digital services, in addition to the superior customer service and back-office activities we've been providing to better serve our current and future client publishers."