STL Distribution's Publisher Service is the only full-service distributor serving Christian publishers and manufacturers. Here's what that means: There are a number of distributors within the CBA industry who provide basic product fulfillment services such as product warehousing, order entry, picking and packing, and credit and collections.

There are also a number of good sales and marketing companies which will put your products in their catalog and present them to the key CBA retailers while you, the publisher/manufacturer, provide the warehousing and order fulfillment. STL combines both to provide clients with a single point of contact for sales and logistics.

First, outsourcing the non-publishing related parts of your business frees you up to focus on what you do best, publishing. No one gets into publishing to have to worry about warehousing and fulfilling orders or to compensate a sales force large enough to make your products broadly available to all your potential consumers. A full-service distributor enables you to focus on what you enjoy and do best, finding great authors and developing innovative products. Then you can leave the rest to us!

Second, a full-service distributor helps you reduce costs. Most small and medium-sized publishers/manufacturers can't afford a warehouse and a national sales force. Many large publishers/manufacturers who can afford this have found that it is more cost-effective to outsource this expense to someone who does this for a living.

Publisher Services is managed and led by committed Christians with many years of experience in the Christian publishing and retail industry.

	Darren Henry VP of Publisher Services Darren oversees the Publisher Services Group, working with each of the team members to provide the best possible service to our client publishers and retail and wholesale customers. He actively seeks new clients and works in improvements to STL’s suite of distribution, sales, and marketing services.
	Terry Draughon VP of Christian Market Sales The purpose of this position is to manage the sales relationship between STL Publisher Services division, STL – Wholesale, STL-Homeschool, STL- Great Value Books and key National CBA Accounts, Canadian accounts, and to also manage the reporting structure for the CBA independent sales reps. Terry calls on accounts assigned to him at least 3 times per year.
	Sandy Morris Publisher Services Director Sandy provides supervision of staff and daily operational issues within the Publisher Services Department. Additionally, Sandy will develop training resources for publishers and will help improve communication on new developments in our services. Also, Sandy manages the contract process and the Publisher Services catalog.
	Trish Hollman-Sluss and Nina Hall Client Relations Managers Client Relations Managers are the first point of contact for client publishers. They work routinely with publishers on a wide range of concerns, from inventory management to sales reports, and everything in between.
	Sarah Montgomery Sales & Marketing Coordinator Sarah handles marketing/advertising contracts and negotiations between publishers and customers. She also supports our sales reps, readies us for sales conferences and trade shows, produces title cards, does marketing billing, produces our quarterly newsletter, and handles other Publisher Services/PS Marketing related tasks.
	Bob Elliot Inventory Coordinator Bob handles stock balancing between TN and NV, the entry of PO templates, and the administration of inbound stock. Bob also handles special projects that are presented to him such as; building displays and product reconditioning. He is also responsible for keying all sales reps orders and working with publisher clients to keep us updated on the status of backorder product.

We reach the 900 largest independent Christian retailers through our association with Genesis Marketing Group. The Genesis Marketing group is composed of 10 field sales people and a full complementary telemarketing team. They are widely regarded as one of the best rep organizations in the US and are experienced in selling a wide variety of products from books to gifts and more.

STL Distribution North America provides our publisher with outstanding sales to the Christian Bookstores and our "backroom" functions, such as warehousing, finance, order entry, product fulfillment, transportation and collections are combined with our wholesale distribution. This provides our retailers with the best of both worlds – speed and service of a wholesaler combined with improved publisher/manufacturer discounts.

STL operates two distribution centers, one in Elizabethton, TN and the other in Sparks, NV. 95% of our customers receive their shipments in two day or less using standard ground shipmenet services.



STL is a non-profit organization serving the Christian publishing and retailing community with excellence, while returning a portion of profits to support leadership training and evangelism and social action and relief throughout the world.

Publishers or manufacturers interested in STL considering their products for distribution should send a review copy of the product, along with a summary of the advertising/marketing strategy and supporting budget to:

STL Publisher Services
Attn: New Product Submissions (Publisher Services)
100 Biblica Way
Elizabethton, TN 37643

All products submitted must also include your company name, full address,
phone #, and email address.

Products submitted for review cannot be returned to the publisher/manufacturer, and should be viewed as a marketing expense by the submitting publisher/manufacturer. STL’s product distribution strategy is focused on books, audio books, music, video, software and gift products.