About us
Quietly moving books for almost 40 years
Book Systems International is a specialist freight, brokerage, and fulfilment partner built around the way publishers, distributors, and bookstores actually work.
Our mission
Quality logistics, delivered with care
At Book Systems, we strive for excellence in delivering quality logistics solutions in a timely and cost effective manner, creating value-added contributions for our customers.
We operate out of six major ports — Auckland, Melbourne, Chicago, London, Shenzhen and Hong Kong — with an agent network across every major book market in the world.
London
United Kingdom
Chicago
United States
Auckland
New Zealand
Melbourne
Australia
Shenzhen
China
Hong Kong
Our history
Book Systems International was created in 1998 through a merger of the dedicated book distribution services of Cargo Systems International and Multi Freight (NZ), combining specialist facilities that had been serving publishers, distributors, and fulfilment agencies since the mid 1980s.
Our promise
We’ve spent decades building our reputation on integrity, honesty, and quietly getting the job done. Our team is experienced, tenured, and tailored to publishing — we think outside the box, keep overheads lean, and pass the savings on through market-leading services at strongly competitive prices.
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