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Software for:
Small Publishers |
Medium Publishers | Large Publishers
Publishers with $50 million to $1
billion in sales will find that four companies;
IBS Bookmaster, Klopotek, SAP and Publishing Technology
(formerly known as Vista), dominate the English
language market for book publishing software.
Virtusales is a relatively new competitor that has
secured sales at several major publishers.
From our point of view,
IBS Bookmaster is strongest in warehouse
and distribution management,
Klopotek is strongest in editorial and production management,
Publishing Technology is strongest in online book marketing and
digital publishing, and
SAP is the most customizable solution.
Virtusales is known for its ease of use and project management
success.
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.
Bookmaster supports the English, Spanish, and Portuguese
languages. Support for the French, Japanese and Polish languages are
forthcoming.
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
Advantage: Warehouse and distribution management
experience and integrated financial reporting.
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 publishing software vendor 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.
Advantage: Klopotek offers publishers the most
powerful range of editorial and production management solutions
available in the marketplace.
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
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S3 CisPub Sold to MSGL |
April 2005:
S3
CisPub 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.
Media Services is migrating CisPub clients to their software as a
service based Élan
software.
Web Site:
www.msgl.com
Advantage: The Media Services Group offers one
of the most robust software as a service solutions for publishers.
Opinion: We do not recommend software solutions
that are being phased out.
That said, we are excited about the replacement for CisPub; The
Media Services Group's Élan software based on our experience
with the Élan Rights & Royalties module. Élan Rights & Royalties is
powerful, easy to use, web based and closely integrated with the
Microsoft Office suite of products.
If the other forthcoming modules in Élan are just as good as
their Rights & Royalties module then IBS Bookmaster, Publishing
Technology and Klopotek
will have a new competitor.
Publishing Technology
Publishing Technology (formerly known as 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 grow from a $30M company to
a $1B company 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
Publishing Technology's Advance software targets publishers with sales of $10M and higher. They
have about 120 clients.
Advantage: User customizable solution with
strong work process management system.
Opinion: We admire Publishing Technology for their focus on
online
book marketing. From our point of view no other vendor is as focused
on marketing books as they are. Whereas Bookmaster is focused on
distribution and Klopotek focused on royalties and production
management Publishing Technology is focused on book marketing and selling.
With the growing popularity of making
informational products available via digital download this focus
is becoming more and more important to publishers.
Web Site:
www.publishingtechnology.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.
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.
That said, SAP does not offer a turnkey solution for book
publishers. We would really like to see SAP offer a vertical market
book publishing specific solution that can be implemented with a
minimum of customization.
Web Site: www.sap.com
Virtusales
Virtrusales is a relatively new vendor, that has managed to
secure a reputation as one of the fast growing book publishing
software solution vendors. They entered the market with a product
focused on bibliographic title and digital asset management. Since
then their software has expaned to include all aspects of publishing
management; editorial management, royalties, rights and production
management.
Their client list includes;
Candlewick Press, Dorling Kindersley, Egmont UK, Penguin, Random
House UK
Opinion: Virtusales is noted for its ease of use
and focus on project management.
Website:
www.virtusales.com
Updated: December 27, 2009 |
