Welcome

At Alliance Distribution Services (ADS), we deliver industry leading fulfilment and warehousing solutions to a diverse range of Australian and international publishers. Specialising across sectors including trade, illustrated, educational, professional, schools, and children’s books, we support a broad range of requirements. With over 18 million units dispatched annually, we are committed to our mission to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity.

Our story

Alliance Distribution Services is a proud subsidiary of Hachette Australia, part of the global Lagardère group. We are one of the largest publishing groups in Australasia, delivering books and other media to customers around the world from our state-of-the-art facility at Tuggerah, on the Central Coast of New South Wales.

With over 18 million units dispatched annually, we’re committed to our mission of making it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity.

Our leadership team

Publishers

Our mission is to deliver exceptional service and create sales growth opportunities. We take pride in being the trusted partner to a diverse range of client publishers, alongside Hachette Australia. ADS accounts for approximately 15% of trade publishing distribution across Australia and New Zealand. At our facility at Tuggerah, we maintain market-leading service standards for every publisher we support.

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Customers

Alliance Distribution Services serves a diverse customer base of nearly 3,000 active customers, spanning trade, educational, gift retailers and beyond.

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Changing the story

Launched in 2016, Changing the Story has since become the driving force behind everything we do. We remain committed to not only meeting, but exceeding, the goals we set at the outset

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Location

We are conveniently located in Tuggerah on the New South Wales Central Coast of Australia just 70 km north of Sydney. If you are driving, take the M1 to Mardi and exit at Wyong Road. We are just 5 minutes east of the M1. Alternatively, Tuggerah Station is the closest train station, only a 10-minute walk from our facility.

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Sustainability

Alliance Distribution Services is playing its part in helping Hachette achieve their international sustainability targets. We are focused on reducing the overall use of energy, as well as sourcing our energy sustainably

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Our Culture

As a division of Hachette Australia, we are a global business and one of the largest publishing groups worldwide. It’s our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity. We’re leading the way when it comes to book distribution, and we’d love for you to join us on this journey.

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