Dashbook v2 Released

Version 2 of Dashbook, an affordable solution for very small publishers has been released.

Version 2 enhancements include;

1. Network Level supports multiple users.
2. Enterprise Level supports one or more users on Microsoft SQL Server.
3. Sales channels for different royalty percents based on order or buyer.
4. PayPal integration to pay authors directly.
5. Royalty payment thresholds avoid small payments.
6. Hold payments on royalties to postpone payments.
7. Contact communication history to record your emails, phone calls, etc.
8. Product inactive switch removes old products from sale choices.
9. Copy products, royalty agreements, orders and contacts to reduce typing.
10. Extended product descriptors add more like subtitle and media type.
11. Editable invoice quantities allow consignment sales of partial stock.
12. Import book data from the internet based on multiple ISBNs.
13. Fractions on product weight because small numbers add up.
14. Social security number / tax ID numbers added to all contact types.

Great Commissions Publications Selects Media Services Solution

Great Commission Publications selected Media Services Group's Élan Book to replace their current Order Power fulfillment system. The agreement will provide Great Commission Publications with Élan Book, Financials, and E-Commerce Web Services. The new software system will be hosted through The Media Services Group’s high-security ASP (Application Service Provider) facilities and accessed by GCP over the internet.

Argosy Books Selects Vista's Fulfillment Application

Argosy Books, Ireland’s only independent wholesaler, has selected VISTA’s fulfillment application in a hosted (AHS) environment to enhance the management of inventory and support electronic (EDI) ordering. To complement the system, Argosy will also implement VISTA’s e-commerce module to support their online warehouse.

Read the Vista Publishing Software Press Release

World Bank Goes Live with Klopotek Rights & Royalties Software

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

Software Price Lists

Not all book publishing software vendors have a printed price sheet.

Anko and That's Rights post their prices on their website.
Acumen has a printed price list that they send to qualified prospects.

National Book Network Switches to IBS Bookmaster

The Self Awareness ( www.shelf-awareness.com ) ; daily enlightenment for the book trade, website reported that NBN is implementing IBS Bookmaster.

"Tom Luckinich has joined Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group and National Book Network as director of IT operations, where he will manage the MIS department and support daily operations as the company prepares to switch to IBS/BookMaster. He has held IT management positions for 20 years at several companies, including Westinghouse Electric."

Read the source documment or go to Shelf-Awareness.com and search the archive for IBS Bookmaster.

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.