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1 igpublishing Company Profile

2 About ig Publishing Electronic publishing of books is quickly changing how companies around the world are producing and distributing knowledge and how the public, students and researchers are consuming it. The mission of ig Publishing is to facilitate access to this global knowledge. Established in Singapore since 2006, ig Publishing works with more than 100 reputable publishers to represent their brands. The company is the leading provider of ebook collections in the region with over 80,000 titles covering all disciplines. ig publishing is growing its online resources to meet emerging needs and embracing innovative and new technologies to deliver relevant and timely content to readers at home, in colleges and universities and in the workplace. ig Publishing Private Limited is a fully owned subsidiary of the igroup Asia Pacific Limited. The igroup is privately held, operating from Bangkok, Thailand. Its primary area of business is distribution of online and printed materials. Local offices have been established in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. Partner distribution networks have been set up in Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. What we do ig Publishing has an experienced team of specialists who work with publishers, university presses, professional societies and associations to build ebook collections. We go out of our way to find rare books and those that are not easily available, transforming them into ebooks. An ebook is an electronic version of a printed book which can be read on a personal computer or hand-held device. ebooks are digitized into PDF files to provide the public, students and researchers with the format most commonly used by e-readers and other hand-held devices. Our team takes pride in providing the highest quality knowledge and research in easy-to-navigate ebooks from all corners of the globe. When you choose ig Publishing, you are choosing a company that is the best in its field.

3 A Selection of Our Publishing Partners Our growing number of publishing partners are focused on the following subject areas: Business & Management American Management Association (AMACOM) Business Expert BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT Berrett-Koehler (BK) Global Professional Publishing Kogan Page nowpublishers Pearson Education Taiwan Plunkett Research Rothstein Publishing The Brookings Institution Thorogood Science Alpha Science International (ASI) Hindustan Book Agency Maney Publishing Multi-Science Publishing WIT W Humanities & Social Science A&C Black American Library Association (ALA) Association for Talent Development (ATD) Berghahn Books Grey House Publishing GSE / Greenleaf Math Solution National Book Network (NBN) NBN International (NBNi) Showwe The Policy International Monetary Fund (IMF) United Nations University (UNU ) The World Bank Group Law Hart Publishing Intersentia Peer Practice Publishing

4 A Selection of Our Publishing Partners Our growing number of publishing partners are focused on the following subject areas: Engineering American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) ASM International British Standards Institution (BSI) Cambridge International Science Publishing (CISP) International Engineering Consortium (IEC) International Society of Automation (ISA) Smithers Rapra J.Ross Publication Momentum Morgan & Claypool Publishers (M & C) PennWell Publishing Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Asian Studies Medical & Health Science ACP Medicine ACS Surgery American College of Physicians (ACP ) American Psychiatric Publishing (APPI) Clinical Publishing FA Davis Nursing Knowledge International (NKI) Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) People s Medical Publishing House Royal College of Psychiatrist (RCP) Springer Publishing Quintessence Publishing General & Others Anmol Publications Culturecom Enrich Professional Publishing Bookboon.com Reaktion Books WEL Children s ebook Collection ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Journal of the Burma Research Society (JBRS) Tezuka Osamu Manga Wiley Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) Paths International Rare Books on Burma University es Amsterdam University Columbia University Edinburgh University Liverpool University Manchester University Princeton University Texas A&M University University of California University of Chicago University of Hawaii

5 ig Library a powerful clustering engine to help you quickly analyze search results as well as to discover related topics. Narrow ebook searches by title, chapter and author. Word search entire ebooks and across publishers. Enjoy faster download speeds with iviewer technology. View ebooks on ipad2 and iphone. Translate text into 42 languages. Print up to 40 pages at any one time. Consult an online dictionary. Create and store complex search strings using Search History and save them to disk for future reference. Bookmark specific pages or chapters for reference during a current session. MARC records are provided. w w w. i g p u b l i s h. c o m

6 For Publishers and Organizations ig Publishing specializes in building and marketing publisher-branded ebook collections. Several models are offered that enable publishers to leverage their brand in order to market their content as either subscription or perpetual access. ig Publishing continues to see significant growth in customers and usage resulting in higher revenues for our publishing partners. Consortia deals are also negotiated to bring greater value to both publishers and librarians. ig Publishing offers a unique pricing structure ensuring the best value for money. By purchasing or subscribing to ebooks on the ig Publishing platform, access is guaranteed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For Librarians The transition from print to ebooks is happening faster than predicted, driven by hand-held devices and the wide choice of titles published as ebooks. Students and younger readers who have grown up with digital media and the internet are completely comfortable reading from ebook devices and their computer screens. With more and more study and research materials born digital, ebooks will rapidly overtake printed books as the learning medium of choice in schools, colleges and universities. ebooks are not only cheaper because of their lack of wear and tear and theft, they can be accessed from anywhere by students and teachers and by housebound readers. Public libraries whose membership is stagnant or declining, have reported a spike in interest after they started offering ebooks. Many in the library world are hopeful that this revolution in digital reading will help transform the profile and services of public and community libraries. ig Publishing provides authoritative content with over 80,000 ebooks to help you build and enhance your library collections. We recognize that there is no end to content acquisition, thus we are committed to providing reliable and in-depth content to librarians around the world. Basic MARC records are provided free to customers and can be downloaded conveniently. Usage reports are also available. For more information, please contact igpub@igroupnet.com