The Scribo Group
The Scribo Group is Australasia's largest independent book distributor. It was formed in February 2008 by the merger of four leading Australian book distribution companies. With a total staff complement of over 150 people, offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide and some of the most experienced sales represenatatives in the Australian market, The Scribo Group collectively represents over 500 publishers to the retail Australian trade. Scribo's publishers come from Australia, New Zealand, the USA and UK, Canada, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, India, Germany, Italy, Spain, Holland and France.
Each of the four businesses has a long history in book distribution, and each has a capable senior management team.
The Scribo Group is also involved in music and DVD distribution through the New World Music and One World Music divisions of Brumby Books & Music.
The Scribo Group was privately owned until 4 September 2008 when it was acquired by Gordon and Gotch, one of Australia's oldest companies. Gordon and Gotch is a subsidiary of PMP Limited, an Australian listed company with annual revenues of over $1b. Full details of the acquisition are contained in the "Latest News" section of this website.
The Structure of the Scribo Group
The name...
"Scribo" is the Latin word for "I write". It is an active, first person verb and connotes doing here and now. Writing is directly connected to our businesses. One can write prose, poetry, music, drama, film scripts, and even software. Writing is the act of capturing ideas, concepts, thoughts and actions and recording them in organised form for the purposes of sharing. It is one of the great accomplishments of humankind. It is both high art and one of the essential requirements of literate people all across the world.
Subsidiaries
For further information about the various businesses that comprise The
Scribo Group, please use the links below.
