Canada’s Valsoft Acquires Edelweiss, Expanding Role in Publishing

Montreal-based software company Valsoft Corporation has acquired Above the Treeline, Inc., developer of the digital platform Edelweiss, marking its second major investment in publishing industry software following its majority stake purchase in Klopotek in August 2023.

Edelweiss hosts 95% of U.S. frontlist titles and serves as a central workflow hub focusing on frontlist and backlist sales management, as well as analytics, workflow tools, and other related activities for publishers, booksellers, and librarians. It is, along with Netgalley, the major platform for digital review copies. It serves some 1,200 companies and has 250,000 users.
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