The chart below shows the primary and secondary competitors for each market segment.
| Book Publisher Revenue |
Primary Competitors |
Secondary Competitors |
| $0 to $250K | Anybook Publishers Assistant |
Cats Pajamas DashBook |
| $250K to $15M | Acumen Cats Pajamas (<$4M) Élan (>=$4M) IBS Bookmaster (>=$10M) |
Anko EasyRoyaltiesUSA Focus on Publishing Hipoint iPUB Morse Data Trilogy Publishing Technology |
| $15M to $30M | Acumen Élan IBS Bookmaster Klopotek Publishing Technology |
Hipoint iPUB knkPublishing Morse Data Publishers Advantage Trilogy |
| $30M to $50M | IBS Bookmaster Klopotek Publishing Technology Virtusales |
Acumen Élan Hipoint knkPublishing Publishers Advantage |
| $50M to $1B | IBS Bookmaster Klopotek Publishing Technology SAP |
Virtusales |
Primary Competitors
Note 1: Publishers with sales under $250K most often use QuickBooks. The two most popular publishing specific solutions in this market segment is 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 dominate the market with over 150 clients each. 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 IBS Bookmaster, Klopotek, or Publishing Technology (formerly Vista). Each of these vendors has a customer base of over 100 clients. Furthermore, a majority of their customers have sales of $30M or greater.
Note 4: As of September 2006 Global Turnkey Systems is owned by Klopotek