Portuguese publisher Texto Editores chooses IBS BookmasterPress Release 2007-10-11 IBS has signed an agreement with the Portugese publishing house Texto Editores to install IBS´ specialized software for the publishing industry, IBS Bookmaster. IBS will deliver software, services and hardware with a total order value of approximately 720 000 euros. Texto Editores is a leading Portuguese publisher with operations in Portugal, Mozambique and Angola. In order to facilitate further growth, the company has decided to implement a new business system that will enable increased control and process automation. Texto Editores will be able to take advantage of the benefits offered by the automated solutions for publishers and book distributors with functionality for editorial and production, royalties, subscriptions, e-commerce, warehouse management, financials and business intelligence. Texto Editores will have up to 300 users working on the system, hosted on a central server in Portugal. “We are very excited about working together with Texto Editores which will bring additional experience and value into our offering tailored for the Publishing Industry. IBS Bookmaster is the most widely used publishing system in the world, with customers in 20 countries. It incorporates a variety of industry-specific modules and features required by many publishers, such as Royalties, Returns Management, Subscriptions, Editorial & Book Production, Campaign Management, Academic Sales, Title Management, Title Restrictions, dealing with buying groups and much more”, says Mike Irwing, VP of IBS Bookmaster. About Texto Editores
Created in 1977, Texto Editores began its activity with the publication of textbooks. In 1986, Texto started to publish non-fiction. Today, Texto Editores is the second largest textbook publisher in Portugal. In 1995 Texto Editores launched the country’s first e-commerce project in the publishing market, www.mediabooks.pt , Portugal’s largest online bookstore. Internationally, Texto Editores is one of the major publishers in the Portuguese speaking countries in Africa. Among others, Texto publishes authors such as William Golding, Samuel Bellow, Nadine Gordimer and Kathy Reichs. Read more on www.textoeditores.comFor more information, please contact: John Womack,Senior Vice President Communications and IR, IBS AB
Mobile: +46 (0)70 678 24 99
john.womack@ibs.net Mike Irving, Vice President IBS Bookmaster
Mobile:+44 (0) 208 327 1400
mike.irving@ibs.net
IBS AB (OMX STO:IBS) is a leading provider of business systems for supply chain management, demand-driven manufacturing, customer administration and financial control. IBS's primary focus is large and mid-sized distributors as well as sales and manufacturing companies in international groups. IBS offers industry solutions in such areas as pharmaceutical distribution, the automotive industry, electronics, paper, publishing and a number of local niches. Cambridge University Press, Gill and Macmillan, HarperCollins, Harvard University Press, LexisNexis, McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education, Penguin Books and Tempus Group are among IBS’ 5,000 customers in 40 countries. For further information, visit www.ibs.net
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