CHICAGO - R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company announced today that LibreDigital of the RR Donnelley Digital Solutions group has been awarded a multi-year agreement to provide ebook services and metadata distribution solutions to HarperCollins Publishers across all global divisions including HarperCollins, Harlequin, and HarperCollins Christian Publishing.

As part of the agreement, all HarperCollins divisions will leverage LibreDigital's Harvest platform to seamlessly manage and track a dynamic matrix of digital asset and metadata distribution needs.

"The global nature of our publishing business demands that we have a scalable, flexible solution for managing our ebook products," said Larry Nevins, Executive Vice President of Operations for HarperCollins Publishers. "LibreDigital's Harvest platform allows our ebook products to get to the right marketplaces at the right time."

LibreDigital has been providing services to HarperCollins Publishers since 2006, and this new contract renews and extends that relationship.

"We are very excited to continue our role as a technology platform provider to HarperCollins Publishers," said Tyler Ruse, General Manager of LibreDigital. "The Harvest platform provides tools that allow publishers to scale their digital businesses globally while maintaining visibility and control of their digital assets."