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Book marketing and distribution at a glance

We launch your book to market via our proven digital marketing strategies, commercial partnerships and global distribution reach.

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Together, we make a difference

Whether this is your first book with Elsevier, or one of many contributions, we want you to feel empowered and informed about how we market and sell books to a global market.

How we market and sell books

Our marketing and distribution strategies are designed to connect your content with the right audiences. When your book is selected for publication, Elsevier helps support its discoverability across trusted digital and retail channels, alongside the formats your readers expect.

We focus on three key areas when bringing your book to market:

  1. Discovery through Global Marketing Maximizing the discovery and awareness of your content through digital optimization, omni-channel communication strategies, content marketing, publicity and sales enablement.

  2. Distribution through Global Sales Implementing a fully global sales and distribution strategy through our ecommerce channels, digital content platforms, commercial strategies and established reseller partnerships.

  3. Promotion through partnership Providing authors with digital collateral, social media guidance and promotion best practices helps you be an integral part of getting the word out about your new book.

When you become an Elsevier author, you will be provided with an exclusive and comprehensive review of our Marketing & Sales practices.

Elsevier’s ecommerce stores

Our three main ecommerce hubs are interconnected and optimized to increase your book’s discoverability while providing descriptive, compelling information that enables easy purchasing in both print and ebook formats.

  1. Shop.elsevier.comopens in new tab/window: Our global ecommerce site features the full catalog of Elsevier’s books and journals subscriptions across subject areas while also displaying the most complete and up-to-date information on all our offerings.

  2. Elsevierhealth.comopens in new tab/window: Health publishing’s ecommerce site and regional extensions cover the complete international health catalog for students and professionals, including print and ebooks, health-related journals, more than 3,700 clinics, and the latest personal digital subscription platforms: ClinicalKey, Clinical Pharmacology, PATHPrimer, RADPrimer, STATdx, ExpertPath, ImmunoQuery.

  3. Evolve.elsevier.comopens in new tab/window: Our destination for North American nursing, health, and medical educators and students to purchase over 8,000 print and ebooks and gain access to electronic teaching and learning materials including Sherpath, Shadow Health, Clinical Skills and more.

Connect with us

We recommend following Elsevier's social media channels to stay informed about news and features including initiatives in open science, sustainability, inclusive research, healthcare, medicine and responsible AI.

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Next steps

  • Explore our ecommerce shops to see books published in your area

  • Learn about our Inclusion and Accessibility standards

  • Share your proposal to get routed to the right books team