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SAGE Partners with EMpact to Provide
Electronic Products to Asia-Pacific, Australian,
Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and
Singapore (December
12, 2006) – SAGE
Publications and EMpact Sales™ (EMpact), the publisher representation
group within the EBSCO Information Services division, are pleased to announce a
new sales partnership. Under the agreement, EMpact will represent SAGE
electronic products to libraries in Latin America, the Caribbean,
EMpact will work with libraries in these countries to
promote SAGE online product offerings, including SAGE Premier; SAGE Scientific,
Technical, and Medical Packages; the award-winning
The sales partnership with EMpact will support the
activities of SAGE’s recently created Asia-Pacific office based in
“Ensuring our customers in Asian, Australian, New
Zealand and Latin American territories have representatives readily available
in their regions to discuss their online product needs from SAGE is important
to us,” said Stephen Barr, Managing Director of SAGE’s London
office. “EMpact’s global reach utilizing EBSCO’s regional
office network will provide close customer contact with responsiveness and
knowledge of SAGE’s online product offerings.”
“EMpact is pleased to represent SAGE’s quality
online content in these regions,” said
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About SAGE
SAGE Publications is a leading international publisher of
journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and
professional markets. Since 1965, SAGE has helped inform and educate a global
community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students spanning a wide
range of subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and
science, technology and medicine. A privately owned corporation, SAGE has
principal offices in
About EMpact
EMpact Sales™ (EMpact) is part of the EBSCO
group. EMpact’s strong global presence, through its affiliation with
EBSCO Information Services, makes it the ideal partner to expand your sales
efforts and promote your products worldwide. The EMpact team can develop an
exclusive and strategic plan for you to dramatically broaden exposure for your
electronic products and content. As part of the EBSCO group, EMpact brings to
your sales process an expanded team of newly established EMpact sales and
marketing personnel working beside experienced EBSCO sales representatives who
have been working with publishers and libraries for many years. With the
support of fully staffed offices in 21 countries worldwide, EMpact’s
global reach makes it possible for content providers to take advantage of
opportunities they might otherwise miss. Our representatives have produced
successful sales results for publishers in