Sponsors


BISG thanks the following sponsors of Making Information Pay 2012!

Additional Sponsorship opportunities are available.
See Sponsorship Opportunities and email Angela Bole at angela@bisg.org for details.



GOLD SPONSORS



Bert Davis Executive Search and Consulting Services is proud to be a sponsor and member of BISG. This is a critical time in publishing and media, and we are proud of our track record in helping our publishing partners transition their content into digital and multimedia formats, as well as guiding them in the selection of executives who can navigate in this challenging economic environment.


Bowker is the world’s leading provider of bibliographic information and management solutions designed to help publishers, booksellers, and libraries better serve their customers. Creators of products and services that make books easier for people to discover, evaluate, order, and experience, the company also generates research and resources for publishers, helping them understand and meet the interests of readers worldwide. Bowker is an affiliated business of ProQuest and the official ISBN Agency for the United States and its territories.



Virtusales provide web-based publishing software systems covering bibliographic data and author management, print and eBook production, contracts and rights, ISBN and non-ISBN royalty processing, digital asset management, and ONIX feeds. Customers include Random House, Penguin Group, Hachette UK, Harvard University Press, Bloomsbury, Candlewick Books, Wayne State University Press, and many others.



Xerox is a $22 billion leading global enterprise for business process and document management. Xerox provides leading-edge document technology, services, software and genuine Xerox supplies for graphic communication and office printing environments. Xerox also offers extensive business process outsourcing and IT outsourcing services for commercial and government organizations worldwide.


SILVER SPONSORS



Firebrand Technologies provides steadfast leadership and seamless information flow throughout the publishing process. Firebrand’s Title Management Enterprise Software tracks titles from pre-acquisition through post-production, marketing and sales; our Eloquence Metadata Services are the fastest, most accurate and cost-effective way to implement ONIX. With Content Services, publishers mange, store, convert and distribute final book content for discover and sales. NetGalley delivers digital galleys to professional readers; our Ecommerce Solutions help deliver direct-to-consumer sales and landing pages. Firebrand Associates provides strategic and tactical advice and implementation assistance geared toward helping publishers navigate the current transitional waters and positioning them for whatever is next.



Ingram Content Group Inc. is the world’s largest and most trusted distributor of physical and digital content. Thousands of publishers, retailers, and libraries worldwide use our best-of-class digital, audio, print, print-on-demand, inventory management, wholesale and full-service distribution programs to realize the full business potential of books.



Since 1992, Klopotek has been providing book and journal publishers with software solutions that help them manage their business more efficiently. Klopotek software supports more publishers, with more users, in more locations, developing and distributing more products around the world, than any other software company. Visit us at BookExpo.



Publishing Technology is the world-leading provider of content solutions that transform business. We cover the publishing process from end to end with enterprise management, audience development and content delivery services and systems. Our revolutionary advance platform integrates product and relationship management, contracts, rights, royalties, permissions, monetization, and fulfillment operations.



SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS