10th March 2008, Oxford, UK, Berg Publishers is very pleased to announce
that it has won the Publishing Technology E-Publishing Award at the 2008
Independent Publishing Awards. 

 

Berg was praised for its efforts to develop new digital strategies and
partnerships and for increasing its sales from e-publishing activities. The
judges commented: "Berg is making smart use of both technology and content
to reach out to its customers. It is a shining example of a publisher
previously limited to print but now making bold new moves into new mediums."
The panel added that they were impressed by the high standard of entries in
this category. "Independent publishers are clearly thinking very creatively
about new technologies."

 

Commenting on the Awards, Berg's Managing Director Kathryn Earle said: "We
are using our e-initiatives to exploit existing proprietary content from
backlist books and journals and to showcase new IP. We are thrilled to have
won the inaugural award in this important category - particularly amongst
such stiff competition. Through this Independent Publishing Award, the IPG
are at the forefront in recognizing the importance of new technologies to
the publishing industry. Smaller publishers are nimble and can quickly
embrace new channels to market. It's a very exciting time to be an
independent publisher, now that we have a much more level playing field with
the internet. We are extremely proud of this achievement."

 

Berg, an Oxford-based academic publisher, has a major online reference work
on dress and fashion currently in development. It has a particularly strong
backlist in fashion studies, having launched the pioneering journal Fashion
Theory in 1997. At the end of 2002, Earle led a Management Buy-Out and
attracted equity funding to build Berg's books and journals programmes. Post
buy-out, turnover has more than doubled, with significant growth coming
through e-publishing activities. Thirteen journals have been added to Berg's
portfolio, up from two, and the books programme has diversified to include
reference and textbook publishing. The company has also been awarded a BIC
Product Data Excellence Gold Award for 2007-2008.

 

For further information please email [log in to unmask] or phone
Veruschka Selbach at the number below.

 

Berg 

1st Floor, Angel Court

81 St Clements Street

Oxford OX4 1AW

Tel: 01865-245104

Fax: 01865-791165

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