White Paper from Iptor: Top Ways Book Publishers Can Use Technology

Download the free white paper, sponsored by Iptor Supply Chain Systems, on the 5 key ways publishers can use technology to be successful.

White Paper Download: Top 5 Ways Publishers Can Be Successful in a Digital World

By Erin L. Cox

As the industry changes and customers demand greater efficiency in distribution, transparency on sales and royalties, and publishers look for new avenues in which to grow revenue, antiquated systems throughout the publishing process must evolve.

Today, Publishing Perspectives and Iptor Supply Chain Systems have released a white paper entitled “Streamline, Automate, and Accelerate: The Top 5 Ways Publishers Can Be Successful in the Digital World” outlining the top challenges that publishers face in this new digital world, which aspects of the publishing process need immediate attention, and highlighting the ways publishers can adapt their rights, production, printing, and distribution structures in order to advance their business.

“Streamline, Automate, and Accelerate” also shares a case study of how from one of Iptor’s clients, TriLiteral, the joint venture company created by Harvard University Press, MIT Press, and Yale University Press to manage the distribution of books and journals for all three partner presses. TriLiteral selected Iptor’s IP1 (formerly called Bookmaster), publishing-specific Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, with modules for sales, royalties, order and warehouse management, to help dramatically reduce warehouse costs, improve order tracking and sales monitoring, and provide timely royalty reports for each individual publisher.

“IP1’s efficient integration of our business processes has made us significantly more productive,” explains Bob O’Handley, TriLiteral’s Director of Operations. “IP1 allows us to provide accurate, efficient, timely and cost effective warehouse and fulfillment operations. Our customers are constantly complimenting us on our excellent service levels.”

Technology has provided opportunities for publishers to increase productivity, efficiency, and grow revenue through automated systems. In order for publishers to survive and thrive, they must take advantage of these opportunities to adapt and grow for their customers’ needs.

We invite you to download a free copy of the white paper here to be successful in today’s digital world.

About the Author

Erin L. Cox

Erin L. Cox is the Publisher of Publishing Perspectives. She has spent more than 25 years on the business development and promotional side of the publishing industry, working in book publicity at Scribner and HarperCollins, advertising sales and marketing at The New Yorker, and consulting with publishers, literary organizations, book fairs, writers, and technology companies serving the publishing industry. Cox is also the Publisher of Words & Money, a new media site focused on centering libraries in the publishing conversation.