Covered by Ingram

This is Publishers Lunch‘s 23 February story in its entirety: Aligned with the opening of this year’s Winter Institute in Pittsburgh, Ingram Content Group announced Covered, a website where publishers can share catalogs and digital review copies with booksellers, librarians, and influencers. The site will launch in beta with select US publisher content in fall 2026 and will be available for the “entire industry” worldwide next year. The site appears to be a direct competitor to Edelweiss, which has been criticized for price hikes since their ownership change in 2024. According to Ingram’s website, Covered will include “publisher catalog creation, DRCs [digital review copies], reviews, and tags — along with buying tools such as markups, buy suggestions, comps, order export, and select POS integrations.” “Covered represents a natural next step in our digital toolkit for the industry,” Ingram vice president of digital services Margaret Harrison said in a release. “We are creating a…