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Each year, hundreds of thousands of scholarly manuscripts travel the "publishing supply chain" from author creation to publication in branded scholarly journals, representing a multibillion-dollar industry. Throughout this workflow, numerous participants contribute to the improvements in manuscript quality, such as peer reviewers, subject editors, copy editors, print vendors, and publishers. As recent as ten years ago, this process was fragmented, paper based, and highly inefficient, but the advent of the Internet has created the potential for transformation of the publishing supply chain—a process that is still under way.
Software from Aries Systems Corporation has emerged as a central link in the supply chain re-engineering taking place in publishing today. It therefore represents an ideal platform for integration with Allen Press content management and content delivery solutions, including composition, online publishing, and printing. Gerald Lillian, CEO of Allen Press, said, "Partnering with Aries Systems allows us to offer the full spectrum of content management services. Our customers now have their choice of two of the most robust manuscript submission and peer review products on the market and the added ability to track the production process and ultimately reduce time to publish—something we continually strive to accomplish for our society partners."
In addition to Preprint Manager and Editorial Manager, Allen Press will continue to support its existing manuscript submission and peer review products, AllenTrack™ and AllenTrack Essentials™. Currently hosting more than 135 submission and peer review sites, Allen Press provides training, support, and configuration assistance to more than 100 societies. Peer review continues to be an integral part of Allen Press’ content management offering.
"The scholarly publishing industry is changing very fast and faces both threats and opportunities. The combination of services from Aries Systems and Allen Press offers a very attractive package for journals and scholarly societies and allows them to take full advantage of new dynamics of publishing," said Lyndon Holmes, President of Aries Systems Corporation.
About Allen Press, Inc.
Allen Press plays a vital role in the dissemination of knowledge and information by partnering with organizations in the scientific, technical, and medical community to promote their interests and to achieve their goals. Headquartered in Lawrence, KS, Allen Press provides a comprehensive portfolio of integrated services in the broad areas of content management, online and print delivery, association management, and publishing services. Founded more than 70 years ago, Allen Press is a trusted partner of scholarly societies, professional associations, and corporations nationwide.
For further information, contact Melanie Dolechek, Director of Marketing, Allen Press, Inc. | tel 785 843 1234
About Aries Systems Corporation
Aries Systems transforms the way scholarly publishers bring high-value content to the world. The company’s innovative and forward-looking workflow solutions manage the complexities of modern print and electronic publishing—from submission, to editorial management and peer review, to production tracking and publishing channel distribution. As the publishing environment evolves, Aries Systems is committed to delivering solutions that help publishers and scholars enhance the discovery and dissemination of human knowledge. Publish faster, publish smarter, with Aries Systems.
For further information contact Sally Carter | tel 978 975 7570
Odyssey Press Launches Global Distribute-and-Print Capability
December 9, 2007 - The Taylor & Francis Group Ltd., of Oxford, UK, named Odyssey Press as the North American print partner in an announcement to launch their global pilot initiative to distribute and print (D&P) their scholarly journals. The journals will be published and distributed simultaneously on three continents, Europe, North America and Asia for this pilot program. "The goal of this program is to deliver the journals to the subscribers faster, and in better condition while, minimizing our client’s carbon footprint", said Tad Parker, President of Odyssey Press. He continued, "in the past all the journals were printed in one location and flown all over the world to the subscribers. This new publishing model prints and distributes the journal locally, there by, eliminating the need for air transport."
Upon successful completion of the pilot program, this distribute-and-print system will be expanded up to accommodate many more of the Taylor and Francis journal titles. The D&P network can also be scaled up to include more print locations around the globe. The three printers involved in this pilot program are members of the International Printers Network (IPN). The IPN is comprised of 50 member companies with over 150 locations, that stand ready to create a larger network for Taylor & Francis that has greater global coverage and granularity. Matthew Howells, the Director of Global Production and Distribution for Taylor & Francis stated, "This could be the beginning of a global print on demand network that will revolutionise the publishing and distribution models of scholarly journals."
About Taylor & Francis UK:
Taylor & Francis, with its headquarters in Oxford, has been publishing academic journals and books since 1798 and is part of Informa, the publishing and events business. Taylor & Francis publishes journals worldwide across many different subject areas and has its main production operations in Oxford, Philadelphia and Melbourne.
About Odyssey Press Inc. (OPI):
Founded in 1989 Odyssey Press Inc. (OPI) is The Original Ultrashort Run Printer serving the scholarly, scientific, technical, and medical publishing industry. OPI is creating digital production workflows and systems that assist their clients in attaining their publishing goals.
Contact: Kevin Pirkey, Vice President at 717-225-9477.
OECD is embarking on a program of rolling releases that will see three new dissemination services with a multitude of new features. OECD.Stat is the first and will be launched as a beta version as part of SourceOECD, at Online Information in London on the 4th December 2007 - please see www.sourceoecd.org/database/oecdstat for details.
OECD.Stat offers three key features:
- Discovery: users can search for complex statistical data across OECD databases with one click access to the datasets themselves from the search results.
- Mix and Merge: for the first time, users can extract data from across all 50 databases in one enquiry. New functions enable users to gather and assemble data from various datasets in unique and customizable tables.
- Metadata: Improved metadata down to the level of each datapoint means that users can understand the origins of each number and the overall context, aiding comprehension.
Enrico Giovannini, OECD's Chief Statistician, said: "The gathering of reliable and intelligent information is at the core of good politics, and societies are changing quickly, so statistics must continuously evolve to reflect the world in which we live. The challenge for the statistical tools that we are delivering today, and will deliver tomorrow, is not only to make statistics easier to find and understand, but also to enable us to build a foundation to present information that is yet to come."
"The launch of OECD.Stat in SourceOECD, OECD's iLibrary, is the first step in an extensive project to enhance OECD's publishing services for users," said Toby Green, Head of OECD Publishing. "Over the coming twelve months we'll be launching a number of major improvements to our online services covering both our statistical and analytical publications, OECD.Stat is just the start."
About OECD
OECD (www.oecd.org) brings together the governments of countries committed to democracy and the market economy from around the world to support sustainable economic growth, raise living standards, maintain financial stability and assist other countries' economic development.
OECD Publishing is one of the world's largest publishers in the fields of economics and public policy. OECD Publishing disseminates OECD's intellectual output, both analytical and statistical.
Information about publications is available through the OECD Online Bookshop and through SourceOECD, its groundbreaking online library of statistical databases, books and periodicals.
Contact: Toby Green, Head of Publishing, Tel: +33 6 10 11 49 89.
November 27, 2007 - The American Medical Association (AMA), the largest association of medical doctors and medical students in the United States of America, signed with The Charlesworth Group as its main agent for online and print marketing in mainland China. The three-year, renewable relationship provides a comprehensive marketing plan and online, print, and low-cost print agreements with consortia, national buying agencies, and individual academic institutions. The combination of on-the-ground local expertise with U.S.-based management and support will expand the exposure and sale of the AMA journals, in particular the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which has the largest circulation of any weekly medical journal in the world, as well as the nine specialty Archive Journals.
The AMA had enlisted The Charlesworth Group for many years on specific marketing and sales campaigns in China, including a very successful low-cost print subscription promotion and increased pricing strategy. This full agency agreement follows from the benefits and successes of those campaigns. In August 2007, Jeremy Nielsen, AMA’s sales manager for Asia Pacific, represented the AMA at the Beijing International Bookfair and also signed the journals up for the Charlesworth/CNPIEC China Academic Journals Exhibitions six-city roadshow.
Jeremy Nielsen enthused, "We look forward to continuing and expanding our relationship with The Charlesworth Group to promote JAMA & Archives Journals as the premier, international scholarly and clinical resource for this important market of physicians, medical students, and researchers in China."
Charlesworth is pleased to be representing the AMA throughout mainland China, providing all-inclusive, whole-market services, and acting as their local sales and marketing agent.
About The Charlesworth Group
The Charlesworth Group has a sales and business development office based in Philadelphia promoting the services offered through Charlesworth China. The Group employs 170 in its wholly owned digital typesetting, print & online production, print management, and rights & licensing office in Beijing, China, plus 115 staff in its UK printing and binding operation.
Charlesworth’s deep relations and local expertise in China provide marketing, sales, and conference support to print and online publishers and scholarly societies looking to expand their presence and income in mainland China. Charlesworth has developed cutting-edge auto-proof generation solutions, and competitive typesetting, and produces litho and digitally printed, perfect- and case-bound work. Clients include world-leading publishers, government departments, and not-for-profit and commercial organizations. For further details on the Group visit, our web site at www.charlesworth.com.
About the American Medical Association
The association, founded in 1847, is the largest association of medical doctors and medical students in the United States. The AMA's mission is to promote the art and science of medicine for the betterment of the public health. The AMA helps doctors help patients by uniting physicians nationwide to work on the most important professional and public health issues.
Contacts:
The Charlesworth Group
SiNae Pitts, Ph.D., Marketing & Business Development Manager / 215/310-9289 / sinae_pitts@charlesworth.com
American Medical Association
Jeremy Nielsen, Sales Manager, Asia Pacific / 312/464-2449 / Jeremy.Nielsen@ama-assn.org
Elizabeth Solaro, Manager Marketing & Promotions, Journals Division, Elizabeth.Solaro@ama-assn.org
October 24, 2007 - Odyssey Press, the Original Ultrashort Run Printer, received chain of custody (CoC) certification from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). This certification highlights Odyssey Press' commitment to ensuring use of papers from sources committed to sustainable forestry practices. This certification permits Odyssey Press to use the FSC logo in concert with their chain of custody certificate number. Odyssey's clients can request their products be printed on papers that are grown and managed in an environmentally conscious and responsible manner. Through the use of the FSC logo, they can proudly display their own environmental sensitivity and responsible use of papers that can be documented as satisfying the high standards of the Forest Stewardship Council.
"We are assisting our clients in illustrating their responsible use of paper that is grown and harvested utilizing sustainable forestry practices," said Tad Parker, President of Odyssey Press. He continued, "We are a small, but important link in the chain of custody. It is imperative we perform our part to uphold the environmental obligations of our industry. We are happy and proud to do it."
About Odyssey Press Inc. (OPI):
Founded in 1989 Odyssey Press Inc. (OPI) is The Original Ultrashort Run Printer serving the scholarly, scientific, technical, and medical publishing industry. OPI offers cost effective production of books, journals, and article reprints in quantities from 10 to 1,000 copies. From your supplied author manuscript we provide editorial and SGML/XML-first composition through to offset and digital print production. We round out our offering with a full bindery and complete mailing and bulk distribution services.
Contact:
Kevin Pirkey, Vice President
(717) 225-9477
October 5, 2007 - VISTA, market leader in applications to support the publishing supply chain, recently announced that Sdu Publishers, the leading Dutch publisher of legal and professional journals and books, has selected VISTA’s information commerce software to pilot real-time customer profile management in support of online access to Sdu Publishers' NBDOnline website. Ongoing developments will investigate the benefits of integrating this new software with existing technologies, supplied to Sdu Publishers by both VISTA and other providers, to create a comprehensive management system for online and offline publishing activities.
"We have worked with VISTA for many years, and are delighted that their new online capabilities give us the option to deliver a stronger service to our clients without seeking an alternative partner," says Marcel Verhaar, System Owner at Sdu Publishers. "We are impressed by the speed with which they have completed the developments thus far, and we are now studying the feasibility of rolling out this new functionality to support more of our websites in the near future."
VISTA's Professional Services Director Jason Bennett adds, "One of the core differentiators of our information commerce software is its ability to consolidate administration of multiple web interfaces. Having implemented Sdu Publishers’ pilot Information Commerce System, we are already working on the developments which will extend its online functionality ready for launch across their entire web presence. Ultimately, our proven software is making it cheaper and faster for them to develop the new websites and digital commerce models which will drive their revenues ongoing."
VISTA added information commerce middleware to its extensive suite of publishing software following its February 2007 merger with Ingenta to form Publishing Technology plc. Rapid implementation of the new system for Sdu Publishers has been facilitated by the software's modular architecture, which fragments the sophisticated functionality into individual component capabilities that can be readily repurposed and combined to meet specific publisher needs. The software gives publishers the agility to capitalise on market trends by providing tools which can quickly and easily create or modify licensing models. It is already proving successful for launch customer Institute of Physics Publishing, which recently transferred all subscription, access and profile administration for its IOP journals, Physics World Archive and IOPscience websites to VISTA's information commerce software.
Please visit the VISTA stand (Hall 4.2, D416) at the Frankfurt Book Fair for further information.
For more information, please contact:
Charlie Rapple, VISTA, a Publishing Technology company, Tel: +44 1865 397860, Email: charlie.rapple@publishingtechnology.com
About VISTA
www.vistacomp.com
VISTA, a division of Publishing Technology, is the leading worldwide provider of solutions and services for the publishing industry. VISTA is a committed business partner to publishers, distributors and booksellers supported by our systems throughout the world. Our solutions fit all aspects of the publishing value chain, from author care through production, rights and royalties to warehouse and fulfillment, for both print and online publishing - all integrated in an e-business environment, with full access to the analytical power of Publishing Intelligence.
To complement our comprehensive enterprise solutions, the full range of VISTA services include applications implementation, applications management and hosting services, and publishing-specific business consulting, together with lifetime customer support.
In February 2007, VISTA and Ingenta plc merged to form Publishing Technology plc, the largest provider of tailored software to the publishing industry.
VISTA was founded in 1977 and has offices in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region.
October 3, 2007 - Publishers Communication Group (PCG), the leading provider of research, sales and marketing services to scholarly and professional publishers, has recently published its latest research report, an analysis of journal renewal trends in the scholarly information sector over the last four years. Libraries in North and South America, Europe, Africa and Australia were surveyed to harvest data about cancellation decisions taken over the last four years.
Over 22,000 lapsed subscriptions are included in these results, representing over 60 different publishers in the STM, Social Sciences, and Humanities. The results have been collated and analysed by PCG's publishing consultants to provide a comprehensive overview of current trends in renewals of journal subscriptions by academic, corporate and medical libraries. Such data is key to scholarly publishers’ ability to develop successful sales, marketing, and editorial strategies; the findings of PCG’s previous reports Trends in Journal Subscription Renewal and Cancellation 2005-2006 have contributed to improved segmentation and targeting, different pricing models, and adjustments to sales cycles and editorial strategies.
Key findings of the telephone surveys include:
- The shift to e-only subscriptions continues to be a dominant trend for libraries around the world. This year, one in four print subscriptions was cancelled in favour of online access; it is critical for publishers to understand whether this access is via e-only subscription or through a third-party embargoed database.
- The increasing importance of faculty recommendations in librarians' decision to retain or cancel subscriptions: the rate of subscriptions cancelled following faculty input has grown from 5% four years ago to 10% this year. During the 2006-2007 cycle, it was the third most important factor provided to explain a cancellation.
- Better usage statistics are contributing to more informed collection management, with a steady 20% of librarians noting that most cancellations are based on usage data.
- Renewals campaigns are increasingly essential, with an increasing share of pending subscriptions: this year, 13% of librarians reported that they needed further assistance in order to process their renewal or that a final decision had not been reached yet. Incentives offered by publishers are key to retaining pending subscriptions.
"PCG's reports are invaluable to us as we refine our sales strategies in this evolving and fiscally-pressured market. They are the recognised leaders in market research for the scholarly publishing community, and, for us, access to this kind of analysis is a key benefit of working with them," notes Bart Decastro, VP of ProQuest-CSA's Journal Division. "PCG was able to offer valuable insight into our renewal trends by comparing our results over the last several years. Their interpretation of our data has been essential to our strategic planning."
About PCG
http://www.pcgplus.com/
Publishers Communication Group, Inc., a division of Publishing Technology plc, is a full-service marketing and sales consulting firm with locations in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Oxford, England. PCG was established in 1989 as a resource for scholarly publishers to more effectively work with the global library market. PCG offers qualitative and quantitative marketing research, international multi-lingual telemarketing services, UK- and US-based customer services operations, sales representation, and strategic consulting.
Access to the Lyell Collection will be facilitated by INASP (the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications). However, the Geological Society believes that further support is required if this access is be translated into knowledge and actions that will have a real and positive impact on the progress of developing countries. To that end, the Society has formed a partnership with Schlumberger - a leading provider of technology, project management and information solutions to the oil, gas and water extraction industries. Through this partnership, the Geological Society and Schlumberger will focus support where the local infrastructure and expertise can utilise the Society's information resources to best effect. The Geological Society and Schlumberger are also working with AfricaArray - an initiative that brings together education, training and research programmes for building and maintaining a scientific workforce for Africa's natural resource sector.
For a list of qualifying countries for free online access to the Lyell Collection under INASP's PERI (Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information), please see: http://peri.inasp.info/peri/peri.pl?cid=0. For further information on any other aspects of this programme, please contact: neal.marriott@geolsoc.org.uk.
Institutions outside of the developing countries programme can gain access to the Lyell Collection through an annual subscription. For more information on subscription options and prices please go to: www.lyellcollection.org.
Neal Marriott
Director of Publishing
Geological Society Publishing House
Tel: +44 (0)1225 445046
Email: neal.marriott@geolsoc.org.uk
September 27, 2007 - Allen Press (www.allenpress.com) announced today that it has partnered with Atypon Systems, Inc.(www.atypon.com), to power its online journal hosting services for scholarly publications.
Currently, Allen Press hosts 176 scientific, technical, and medical publications on 45 unique websites on its propriety online journal hosting system. In addition, they are the current technology provider for and founding partner of the BioOne aggregation, a unique collection of high-impact bioscience research journals. After careful research of the online publishing market, Allen Press chose Atypon Systems for its superior technology, R&D pipeline, and commitment to the scholarly publishing industry. The innovative Atypon platform will power the Allen Press journal sites beginning in the summer of 2008.
This strategic alliance allows Allen Press to remain focused on its core competencies in full-service content management and content delivery while leveraging the rich feature set and proven capabilities of the leader in online publishing technology.
Gerald Lillian, CEO of Allen Press, said, "Our internal team has done a phenomenal job creating a superior online platform that put us in a leadership position. The Atypon partnership means our customers are going to get the best of both worlds: superior service and content management integration with leading-edge technology solutions. The Atypon system provides the innovative features and flexibility to support the many business models of our publishing partners. With the rapid changes in online technology, we want to provide our customers with the latest advancements on a highly sophisticated platform."
"As one of the leading and most-experienced suppliers of trusted technology solutions to the publishing community, we’ve been able to assist many publishers and publishing service providers looking to expand their offering to the scholarly market," said Georgios Papadopoulos, founder and CEO of Atypon. "We are therefore very excited and proud to have been selected by Allen Press to help meet their goals. Allen Press will benefit from all the features of the Atypon technology platform, a trusted, robust and reliable e-publishing solution that continues to evolve to meet the demands of the market. This agreement further demonstrates our flexible approach and willingness to supply innovative solutions that rise to the ever changing needs of the publishing community."
About Allen Press, Inc.
Allen Press, Inc., plays a vital role in the dissemination of knowledge and information by partnering with organizations in the scientific, technical, and medical community to promote their interests and to achieve their goals. Headquartered in Lawrence, KS, Allen Press provides a comprehensive portfolio of integrated services in the broad areas of content management, online and print delivery, association management, and publishing services. Founded more than 70 years ago, Allen Press is a trusted partner of scholarly societies, professional associations, and corporations nationwide.
About Atypon Systems, Inc.
Since 1996, Atypon Systems, Inc., has provided software, hosting, and systems development to the information industry, allowing publishers to grow their business by providing superior technology and service that support the electronic exchange of scholarly information. Atypon's solutions include Atypon Premium, a complete e-publishing solution for publishers who wish to manage the entire process of delivering and managing their content online, and Atypon Link, a cost-effective, aggregated hosting platform for publishers who require a well-managed, outsourced e-publishing service.
For further information contact:
Melanie Dolechek, Director of Marketing, Allen Press, Inc., mdolechek@allenpress.com, tel 785 843 1234
Nash Pal, Strategic Marketing Manager, Atypon Limited, npal@atypon.com, tel: +44 (0) 870 350 2032
September 27, 2007 - Publishing Technology, the largest provider of digital, print and sales consulting services for the publishing industry, recently announced its selection by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) to provide a new generation of the BBC Monitoring web platform, a subscription-based service which collates over 3,000 global news sources for use by international businesses, governments and research operations.
With the objective of expanding the commercial reach of this flagship open source intelligence resource, BBC Monitoring selected Publishing Technology for the range of its proposition; services covered by the agreement include digital publishing consultancy, market research, information architecture, web design and maintenance, content conversion and hosting, and – crucially – sales representation, which will facilitate BBC Monitoring’s entry into new markets by leveraging the experience of Publishing Technology’s PCG division.
"The Publishing Technology package is a compelling prospect for an organisation seeking to enter new publishing sectors," notes Rosy Wolfe, Head of Business Development and Customer Relations at BBC Monitoring. "We needed an organisation that could provide not only top-rate technology, but also the skills to ensure our investment in it is optimised by well-timed and targeted sales campaigns. We're looking forward to enabling new audiences to benefit from the valuable information we provide."
"The deliverables in this deal draw on strengths from right across our organisation," says Publishing Technology CEO George Lossius. "It is a perfect example of the synergies we intended to achieve when merging Ingenta, VISTA and PCG to form Publishing Technology earlier this year. That such a success has come so early in our development is testimony to the effective fusion of three diverse businesses, and speaks clearly to the vision and expertise of our staff. We now look forward to realising more of the cross-selling opportunities that await us."
For more information, please contact:
Charlie Rapple, Publishing Technology plc, Tel: +44 1865 397860, Email: charlie.rapple@publishingtechnology.com
About Publishing Technology, Inc.
Publishing Technology plc was formed in February 2007 following the merger of Ingenta plc and VISTA International. The company is the largest provider of digital solutions for the publishing industry, and services eight out of ten of the world’s largest publishers. Its technology uniquely fuses online and offline publishing functions to provide end-to-end support for publishers across their full range of processes and requirements. Software and services for online publishing include website design and development, data conversion and enhancement, secure online hosting, access & authentication and content discoverability management. Information Commerce Systems provide flexible infrastructure and tools to enable publishers to repackage, bundle or price content online at the click of a button. Print publishing applications can be configured on a modular basis to meet the specific needs of individual publishers, with components ranging from business intelligence and customer care through to production management and fulfilment. The PCG division provides professional sales and marketing services to publishers including consultancy and research. The company is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and has offices in Europe and North America.
September 19, 2007 - Effective October 1, 2007, Thomas Technology Solutions, Inc. and ThomComp, Inc., integrators for ThomasNet.com, will combine into a single business unit, providing value for your business under the name of Content Data Solutions, Inc. The new company will continue to be a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomas Publishing Company, publishers of the premier global industrial buying guide, Thomas Register. Content Data Solutions’ management team will be led by President and CEO Darryl Fisher.
Prior to the merger, ThomasTech and ThomComp operated as sister companies. The new company will continue to provide prepress and content management solutions to publishers, manufacturers, and other industries, as well as the Digital Publishing Website Solution, Directory Publishing Solution, and Database Extract Tool. ThomComp, with expertise in systems integration and database technologies, will add to the level of services now being provided by Content Data Solutions.
"By combining these two operations into one organization, we will leverage their complementary technical expertise and skill sets, providing a greater resource to our marketplace," says Darryl Fisher, president and CEO of Content Data Solutions, Inc. "Content Data Solutions’ commitment to service and quality will remain our focus, but now with an expanded list of services and resources to offer the market. We are very excited about this merger and our ability to increase the level of services which now become available to our current and future customers."
About Content Data Solutions, Inc.
Content Data Solutions, Inc. is a software and systems integrator providing content management, publishing solutions, and services to commercial publishers and manufacturers. Content Data Solutions builds solutions by combining industry-leading third-party software, custom-developed components, and value-added integration, implementation, and production services. Headquartered in Horsham, Pa., with additional offices in London, UK, Content Data Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Thomas Publishing Company, LLC. For more information, please visit www.contentdsi.com.