Book Publishing Software Guide
Industry Overview | Chart of Primary Competitors
C1. Chart of Primary Competitors in North America
Book Publisher Revenue | Primary Competitors | Secondary Competitors |
| $0 to $250K | AnyBook Publishers Assistant | Cats Pajamas Myrlyn |
| $250K to $15M | Acumen Cats Pajamas (<=$5M) Élan (>=$5M) iPub | Anko Bookworks CisPub Focus on Publishing Hipoint IBS Bookmaster iPub Morse Data Trilogy Vista |
| $15M to $30M | Acumen Élan IBS Bookmaster Vista | CisPub Global Turnkey Hipoint iPub knk Publishing Morse Data Publishers Advantage Trilogy |
| $30M to $50M | IBS Bookmaster Klopotek Vista | Acumen CisPub Élan Global Turnkey Hipoint iPub KnK Publishers Advantage Trilogy |
| $50M to $1B | IBS Bookmaster Klopotek SAP Vista | |
Primary Competitors
Note 1: Publishers with sales under $250K most often use QuickBooks. The two most popular publishing specific solutions used are AnyBook and Publisher's Assistant. Larger or better financed publishers in this market segment favor more expensive solutions such as Acumen or Cats Pajamas.
Note 2: In the market of publishers with sales of $250K to $15M Acumen and Cats Pajamas each have over 160 clients. This is 8x the clients of one competitor, 5x the clients of another and 3x the clients of a third competitor.
Note 3: Publishers with sales of $30M through $50M are most likely to select Bookmaster, Klopotek, or Vista.
Note 4: As of September 2006 Global Turnkey Systems is owned by Klopotek.
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