Informazioni Editoriali has been providing bibliographic databases and services for the book supply chain since 1985. It is the publisher of Alice (Italian books in print catalogue), e-kitāb (Italian e-book catalogue) and Alibi (Italian bookshops database), and runs Arianna+, the integrated system of communication and teleordering services. IE is also the publisher of iBUK, the web portal for book professionals, giving access to several online services (book catalogue search, analysis of sales data) and offering a wide free-access section with news from and for professionals.