The World Bank Office of the Publisher went live with Klopotek’s Contracts, Rights & Royalties software in March 2008 following the successful implementation of the Editorial & Production software in February.
The Office of the Publisher, is the publishing arm of the World Bank. It handles all official publications bearing the World Bank’s ISBN and manages the World Bank’s intellectual property.
Read the Klopotek Book Publishing Software Press Release
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Klopotek's Information ViewPoint
Two weeks ago we saw Klopotek’s Information ViewPoint product and were amazed. Its modern, easy to use and customizable for the user. In our view, its a clear competitive advantage vs. products offered by other vendors.
What is Information Viewpoint? In a nutshell it’s a web based customizable view of information that users want to see. Users select the fields that they want to see and position them by dragging them on the screen. It has a modern clean look, similar to that of Microsoft Outlook.
An example of a report created using ViewPoint is a Title Revenue Analysis. It shows sales by year with a drill down to sales by month and sales by Order type. You can access it online via the web and control access by user or user group.
Information Viewpoint integrate with most Klopotek modules including; Product Planning and Production, Contracts Rights & Royalties, Book Sales & Distribution, Journal Sales & Distribution, Customer Care Management and Advertising Sales and Management.
For screen shots have a look at the ViewPoint brochure.
A lot of companies focus on adding new features, but they overlook the need to make the information easily accessible to the end-user. From our point of view Klopotek’s management has focused their R&D on information accessibility. We saw this first with Production Cockpit, then Authors Online, Business Objects Universe for Production and now ViewPoint. Its a focus that is really setting their solution apart from the competition.
What is Information Viewpoint? In a nutshell it’s a web based customizable view of information that users want to see. Users select the fields that they want to see and position them by dragging them on the screen. It has a modern clean look, similar to that of Microsoft Outlook.
An example of a report created using ViewPoint is a Title Revenue Analysis. It shows sales by year with a drill down to sales by month and sales by Order type. You can access it online via the web and control access by user or user group.
Information Viewpoint integrate with most Klopotek modules including; Product Planning and Production, Contracts Rights & Royalties, Book Sales & Distribution, Journal Sales & Distribution, Customer Care Management and Advertising Sales and Management.
For screen shots have a look at the ViewPoint brochure.
A lot of companies focus on adding new features, but they overlook the need to make the information easily accessible to the end-user. From our point of view Klopotek’s management has focused their R&D on information accessibility. We saw this first with Production Cockpit, then Authors Online, Business Objects Universe for Production and now ViewPoint. Its a focus that is really setting their solution apart from the competition.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Production Scheduling for Book Publishers
When I walk into a publisher, the most frequent question is what production management tools are available for publishers.
The book publishing specific tools - such as those offered by Klopotek for publishers with sales over $30M USD, Vista or Quality Solutions are often too expensive or hard to customize.
The one tool that small and mid-sized publishers use most often is FileMaker. FileMaker is an affordable database program designed for ease of use and the software that we recommend to small and mid-sized publishers looking for a solution that they can customize to meet their needs.
At http://www.filemaker.com/solutions/customers/industry/printing_publishing.html you can find stories about publishers that use FileMaker.
These include; Harvard University Press (a scholarly and trade publisher), Rebus (a medical publisher), and Holt, Rinehart and Winston (a text book publisher) .
The book publishing specific tools - such as those offered by Klopotek for publishers with sales over $30M USD, Vista or Quality Solutions are often too expensive or hard to customize.
The one tool that small and mid-sized publishers use most often is FileMaker. FileMaker is an affordable database program designed for ease of use and the software that we recommend to small and mid-sized publishers looking for a solution that they can customize to meet their needs.
At http://www.filemaker.com/solutions/customers/industry/printing_publishing.html you can find stories about publishers that use FileMaker.
These include; Harvard University Press (a scholarly and trade publisher), Rebus (a medical publisher), and Holt, Rinehart and Winston (a text book publisher) .
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Lerner Books Selects Global & Klopotek
Press Release from Global Turnkey
Minneapolis-based Lerner Publishing Group, specializing in educational books for K-12 markets, has selected Global Turnkey Systems (GTS) as its publishing solution provider. After an 8-month review of solution alternatives, GTS – a division of Klopotek – was chosen for its range of functionality and professional team. The full spectrum of software from GTS’ UNISON and Klopotek product lines will be implemented to handle Lerner Publishing Group’s publishing lifecycle, from acquisition through distribution. Having recently merged with Klopotek, GTS is able to offer Klopotek’s industry-leading front office solution for title management, production and rights management. GTS’ UNISON product line covers the sales, distribution and accounting needs of Lerner Publishing Group’s back office. Lerner Publishing Group’s distribution center operations will be streamlined and automated through the implementation of GTS’ newest integrated module: Warehouse Management.
Adam Lerner, CEO of Lerner Publishing Group, stated, “GTS offered us the back-end system we need to meet our strategic goals in fulfillment and distribution. With Klopotek we’ll have a fully integrated publishing system, from planning to shipping. As an independent publisher, we look for strong and long-lasting business partners. The collaborative approach GTS took right from the start has been impressive. The addition of Klopotek made this an ideal solution for LPG."
Margaret Wunderlich, VP/CFO of Lerner Publishing Group, stated, “The integrated solutions from GTS and Klopotek will help us streamline our publishing process and gain valuable efficiencies in our distribution operations, while establishing a platform for growth that Lerner Publishing Group has planned for the next several years. The GTS team shows a strong depth of knowledge of the publishing process and is able to understand the unique requirements of our environment.”
Minneapolis-based Lerner Publishing Group, specializing in educational books for K-12 markets, has selected Global Turnkey Systems (GTS) as its publishing solution provider. After an 8-month review of solution alternatives, GTS – a division of Klopotek – was chosen for its range of functionality and professional team. The full spectrum of software from GTS’ UNISON and Klopotek product lines will be implemented to handle Lerner Publishing Group’s publishing lifecycle, from acquisition through distribution. Having recently merged with Klopotek, GTS is able to offer Klopotek’s industry-leading front office solution for title management, production and rights management. GTS’ UNISON product line covers the sales, distribution and accounting needs of Lerner Publishing Group’s back office. Lerner Publishing Group’s distribution center operations will be streamlined and automated through the implementation of GTS’ newest integrated module: Warehouse Management.
Adam Lerner, CEO of Lerner Publishing Group, stated, “GTS offered us the back-end system we need to meet our strategic goals in fulfillment and distribution. With Klopotek we’ll have a fully integrated publishing system, from planning to shipping. As an independent publisher, we look for strong and long-lasting business partners. The collaborative approach GTS took right from the start has been impressive. The addition of Klopotek made this an ideal solution for LPG."
Margaret Wunderlich, VP/CFO of Lerner Publishing Group, stated, “The integrated solutions from GTS and Klopotek will help us streamline our publishing process and gain valuable efficiencies in our distribution operations, while establishing a platform for growth that Lerner Publishing Group has planned for the next several years. The GTS team shows a strong depth of knowledge of the publishing process and is able to understand the unique requirements of our environment.”
Monday, February 26, 2007
Vista Acquires Ingenta
Wow, Vista - a leading supplier of ERP systems to large publishers - acquired Ingenta; a distributor of online products, in a reverse merger to form a new company called Publishing Technology Plc.
What does this mean?
1. Vista is now a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange's AIM marketplace. As a publicly traded company it will have access to the capital markets to fund future growth via acquisitions or increased R&D spending.
2. Vista is now a provider of distribution software for both printed and online products.
3. Access to Ingenta's 266+ publisher clients will likely facilitate increased sales of Vista book publishing software in the future.
4. Vista, now a $33M USD publicly traded company (based on Pro-Forma financials) has increased its competitive strength vs. Klopotek (a $23M company) and IBS Bookmaster; its two main competitors.
What does this mean?
1. Vista is now a publicly traded company on the London Stock Exchange's AIM marketplace. As a publicly traded company it will have access to the capital markets to fund future growth via acquisitions or increased R&D spending.
2. Vista is now a provider of distribution software for both printed and online products.
3. Access to Ingenta's 266+ publisher clients will likely facilitate increased sales of Vista book publishing software in the future.
4. Vista, now a $33M USD publicly traded company (based on Pro-Forma financials) has increased its competitive strength vs. Klopotek (a $23M company) and IBS Bookmaster; its two main competitors.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Klopotek Purchases Global Turnkey
With the purchase of Global Turnkey Systems by Klopotek in September the book publishing software consolidation that started with IBS's (International Business Systems) purchase of Bookmaster and Media Services Purchase of S3 PubTech (the owners of CisPub) has continued.
On the positive side, Global Turnkey has gained access to the R&D resources of a much larger company. We expect that Global's clients will now have the opportunity to integrate their software with the contract, editorial, production mangement and title information management modules offered bye Klopotoek product - all features that were lacking in the Global Unison product.
Klopotek; a German company, has gained access to the project management staff of Global Turnkey and entre into the large publishers that use Global Software.
Overall, an excellent development for Global clients and Klopotek.
The downside to this purchase is that yet another book publishing software developer; the 3rd in 2 years has been acquired. In the past two years the number software vendors with 50+ clients and sales greater than $2M in the USA has declined from eight to five. Consequently we are seeing a reduction in the incentive for software vendors to negotiate a lower price.
On the positive side, Global Turnkey has gained access to the R&D resources of a much larger company. We expect that Global's clients will now have the opportunity to integrate their software with the contract, editorial, production mangement and title information management modules offered bye Klopotoek product - all features that were lacking in the Global Unison product.
Klopotek; a German company, has gained access to the project management staff of Global Turnkey and entre into the large publishers that use Global Software.
Overall, an excellent development for Global clients and Klopotek.
The downside to this purchase is that yet another book publishing software developer; the 3rd in 2 years has been acquired. In the past two years the number software vendors with 50+ clients and sales greater than $2M in the USA has declined from eight to five. Consequently we are seeing a reduction in the incentive for software vendors to negotiate a lower price.
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