"Llewellyn Worldwide, a leading publisher of New Age books and related products, has signed a contract with The Media Services Group to implement the Élan Rights and Royalties software application. Details of the agreement will see the new system implemented alongside the company’s current Oracle financials and fulfillment software."
Read the Media Services Press Release
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Seminar Software
Some non-fiction publishers earn revenue by hosting conferences and seminars.
A number of years ago a publisher I know started a conference program. The first conference was hosted at the New School; a college, in New York City and broke even. Over the following years conferences grew to account for about half a million in net income a year for this publisher.
Conferences provide immediate revenue from prepaid registrations and qualified names for a publisher's direct marketing campaigns.
A conference needs;
Registration fees
A number of years ago a publisher I know started a conference program. The first conference was hosted at the New School; a college, in New York City and broke even. Over the following years conferences grew to account for about half a million in net income a year for this publisher.
Conferences provide immediate revenue from prepaid registrations and qualified names for a publisher's direct marketing campaigns.
A conference needs;
- Speakers - for whom the host is expected to pay airfare, hotel, meals and transportation and
- Attendees - which are usually gained via a direct mail and internet advertising campaign and
- A location - which can be a hotel conference room or a university lecture hall
- Handouts for the attendees
Registration fees
- Sponsorship Fees
- Exhibit Income
- Book sales
- Tape sales
If you are planning to begin a semianr program the appropiate software can make your life a lot easier. Conference software will track participants, generate conference badges, take credit card payments, provide a financial summary of conference revenue, and send automatic conference registration and reminder emails.
The following three vendors market seminar management software;
These include;
The Media Services Group
Media Services solution is part of a hosted solution that can also handle royalties, book sales, inventory management subscriptions and production management. A total ERP solution for book and periodical publishers.
SolutionDymanics.net - the Midwest USA VAR for Knk's Microsoft Navision's Publishing Software
KnkPublishing Event's management module is tightly integrated with Microsoft's Dynamics Navision ERP software. For more information on the Knk offering visit http://www.knk.com/
Regonline.com
Regonline is a online hosted solution, that charges a fee based on the number of seminar attendees. For small events the price is $4.75 per attendee.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Cats Pajamas Signs 4 New Contracts
Four publishers selected the Cats Pajamas software offered by the Media Services Group.
The publishers are:
New York Botanical Gardens Press, the largest publishing program of any independent botanical garden in the world.
Smithsonian Books which will use Cat's Pajamas to calculate and process rights and royalties.
Kumon Publishing North America, a subsidiary of Kumon Publishing Corporation, an educational publisher founded in Japan in 1988.
Eastern Washington University Press
The publishers are:
New York Botanical Gardens Press, the largest publishing program of any independent botanical garden in the world.
Smithsonian Books which will use Cat's Pajamas to calculate and process rights and royalties.
Kumon Publishing North America, a subsidiary of Kumon Publishing Corporation, an educational publisher founded in Japan in 1988.
Eastern Washington University Press
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Media Services Opens Office in Brazil
Media Services Press Release:
"São Paulo, Brazil - February 9, 2007 - The Media Services Group, a leading provider of integrated publishing and event management solutions, recently announced the opening of a new office in Brazil. Based in the city of São Paulo, MSG Brazil will sell and support a number of core software applications that have been translated into Portuguese and adapted for the Brazilian marketplace, including the latest releases of Ad Manager, Sales Prospector and Right & Royalties.
"The publishing market in Brazil has grown significantly over the past several years and we see a number of great opportunities here," explained Frank Skwirut, Vice President of MSG Brazil. "There simply aren't many software options for Brazilian publishers looking for flexible and dynamic business systems. Our value proposition is very simple: Better software means better business."
Founded in 1985, The Media Services Group provides integrated software solutions and related services to publishing and event management businesses worldwide. Software modules include Book Publishing, Circulation Management, Directories Publishing, Membership Management, Advertising Management, Event and Conference Management. Offices in: Seattle, Santa Monica, Phoenix, Houston, Stamford, Toronto, London and São Paulo.
"São Paulo, Brazil - February 9, 2007 - The Media Services Group, a leading provider of integrated publishing and event management solutions, recently announced the opening of a new office in Brazil. Based in the city of São Paulo, MSG Brazil will sell and support a number of core software applications that have been translated into Portuguese and adapted for the Brazilian marketplace, including the latest releases of Ad Manager, Sales Prospector and Right & Royalties.
"The publishing market in Brazil has grown significantly over the past several years and we see a number of great opportunities here," explained Frank Skwirut, Vice President of MSG Brazil. "There simply aren't many software options for Brazilian publishers looking for flexible and dynamic business systems. Our value proposition is very simple: Better software means better business."
Founded in 1985, The Media Services Group provides integrated software solutions and related services to publishing and event management businesses worldwide. Software modules include Book Publishing, Circulation Management, Directories Publishing, Membership Management, Advertising Management, Event and Conference Management. Offices in: Seattle, Santa Monica, Phoenix, Houston, Stamford, Toronto, London and São Paulo.
Friday, March 16, 2007
What is a 1+1=3 Acquisition?
We classify a book publishing software vendor's merger or acquisition as a 1+1=3 if it has a dramatic effect on the sales of the vendor's publishing software.
Example: 1+1=2 Acquisition
The Media Services Group Ltd's 2005 acquisition of S3 Pubtech; and its CisPub book publishing software product line, complemented their existing Bookworks product line, increased their customer base among book publishers & distributors, and improved technical support for existing customers; however, it has not lead to increased rates of sale for either book publishing software solution - CisPub or Bookworks.
Example: 1+1=3 Acquisition
International Business Services' (a $300M+ company) 2005 acquisition of TMS ($10M+ company) and their Bookmaster book publishing software dramatically increased the sales potential of Bookmaster. The number of new clients signed up in the United States has greatly increased since the merger and Bookmaster is now supported and sold by IBS offices in 22+ countries. The software is being extended to support the Spanish language, and support for additional languages is forthcoming. This merger has the potential to quadruple the sales of Bookmaster.
Example: 1+1=2 Acquisition
The Media Services Group Ltd's 2005 acquisition of S3 Pubtech; and its CisPub book publishing software product line, complemented their existing Bookworks product line, increased their customer base among book publishers & distributors, and improved technical support for existing customers; however, it has not lead to increased rates of sale for either book publishing software solution - CisPub or Bookworks.
Example: 1+1=3 Acquisition
International Business Services' (a $300M+ company) 2005 acquisition of TMS ($10M+ company) and their Bookmaster book publishing software dramatically increased the sales potential of Bookmaster. The number of new clients signed up in the United States has greatly increased since the merger and Bookmaster is now supported and sold by IBS offices in 22+ countries. The software is being extended to support the Spanish language, and support for additional languages is forthcoming. This merger has the potential to quadruple the sales of Bookmaster.
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