Software for: Small Publishers | Medium Publishers | Large Publishers Book publishers with $30 million up to $1 billion in sales will find that four companies dominate the English language market; IBS Bookmaster, Klopotek, SAP and Vista. From our point of view, IBS Bookmaster is strongest in warehouse and distribution management, Klopotek is strongest in editorial and production management, and Vista is strongest in the area of book marketing and SAP is the most customizable solution.
IBS Bookmaster IBS is part of a $300M USD publicly traded company. IBS Bookmaster book publishing software is built around a highly functional and robust book distribution system that also handles non-book products such as CD's, videos and promotional material. It caters for the requirements of Trade, Academic, Niche and Subscriptions-based publishers and distributors. Bookmaster provides industry-specific features such as returns management, substitute ISBNs, title restrictions, new title release, dealing with buying groups and selling directly to academic institutions, and also includes integrated modules developed specifically for the book industry. They serve over 115 publishers worldwide including; US: Baker Book House, Barbour Books, Christian Publications, Columbia University Press, Harvard University Press, MIT Press, Springhouse, John Hopkins University Press and Yale University Press Australia: Butterworth, Harcourt Brace, HarperCollins, Macmillan Education, McGraw-Hill, Prentice Hall, Simon &Schuster Our Opinion: We like IBS Bookmaster for its warehouse management capabilities and reputation for rapid software implementations. In our view the IBS Bookmaster staff is the most experienced of all publishing software vendors in implementing advanced warehouse management and distribution solutions. Web: http://www.ibs.net/industries/publishing/
Klopotek Profile of the Klopotek Book Publishing Software The Klopotek group is the premier international IT solutions and consulting services provider to the publishing industry in Europe. Their references include more than 200 educational, academic, scientific and trade publishing houses; 44% of the 50 market leaders in Germany and 25% of the 40 leading international players in publishing work with Klopotek software, including Bertelsmann, Wolters Kluwer, Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck and Springer Science+Business Media GmbH. Klopotek publishing software has become standard at more than 8,000 work stations in Europe, in English, German and Dutch. Besides its leading market position in Germany, Klopotek is also well-established in the UK, USA and the Benelux countries. Their North American Office is located in New York City. Klopotek is targets companies with sales of $30M and more. They have over 260 clients, mainly in Europe. Our Opinion: We like Klopotek software for its excellent contracts, royalties and production management functionality, its modern information dashboards and its fixed price implementations. Web Site: www.klopotek.com
S3 CISPUB S3 CisPub Sold to MSGL | | April 6, 2005: S3 was sold to the Media Services Group. |
CISPUB offers fully scalable solutions for publishers of all sizes and disciplines based on the CISPUB ERP System. First designed and implemented in 1977, CISPUB has grown and evolved with the Publishing Industry throughout the years. Capabilities cover; Order fulfillment, Inventory Control, Warehouse Management, Invoicing and Picking Lists, Job Costing, Royalties, Subscriptions, Standing Orders, Accounts Receivable, e-Commerce, EDI, Credit Card Processing, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Data Analysis and more. CISPUB targeted at companies with sales of $15 million to $300 million in sales. They have about 50 clients. Media Services is migrating CisPub clients to their new .NET Élan software. Web Site: www.msgl.com
VISTA VISTA is a leading provider of publisher centric ERP solutions and implementation services supporting clients with sales of $20M US to $1Billion US in more than 90 countries. Since 1977 it has dedicated itself to meeting the needs of the publishing industry publishers and distributors -- both book and subscription - with world-class business solutions and lifetime business support. It is one of the few book publishing software companies that cover the entire spectrum of publishing operations - from order entry to royalties to warehouse management to production management. You can start with VISTA as a $30M company and easily grow to $1 Billion or more with the same software. Their client list includes; US: Anderson Publishing, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier Science, Farrar Straus & Giroux, HarperCollins US, Henry Holt, St. Martin's Press, Times Mirror, Holtzbrinck Publishers Europe: Blackwell Science, Elsevier Science UK, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, International Thomson Publishers, Penguin Books Ltd, Random House Group Ltd, Virgin Publishers Ltd
Vista is targeted at publishers with sales of $10M and higher. They have about 120 clients. Our Opinion: We admire Vista for their focus on web services and book marketing. From our point of view no other vendor is as focused on marketing books as is Vista. Where Bookmaster is focused on distribution and Klopotek focused on royalties and production management Vista is focused on book marketing. Web Site: www.vistacomp.com
SAP SAP Title Life Cycle Management Brochure SAP For Media Reporting and Analysis Brochure SAP is the world's leading provider of collaborative e-business solutions. With 36,000 installations serving 10 million users at 13,500 organizations in 120 countries across the globe, SAP ranks as the world's third-largest independent software provider. mySAP Media book publishing clients include Random House, Bertelsmann, Simon & Schuster, and Springer-Verlag Gmbh. SAP is targeted at publishers with sales of $100 million and higher. Our Opinion: We like SAP for its ability to integrate all aspects of a world-wide operation. It offers unparalleled customizability along with powerful productivity and management tools for publishers. Web Site: www.sap.com
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