iPublishCentral
File Formats & Delivery Channels Supported for
Publishing
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PDF: Online, with Proprietary DRM
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Flexibility to choose from - different file formats,
different reading modes, different DRM mechanisms
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PDF: Offline, with Proprietary DRM
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PDF: For Download with DRM (ACS4) and without DRM
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ePUB: For Download with DRM (ACS4) and without DRM
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Distribution
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File Formats Supported: PDF, ePUB, Mobi
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Push titles to 8 distributors - Barnes & Noble,
Blio, Christian, Copia, ebooks.com, Kobo, Mongerism, Overdrive
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Single and Multi Title Distribution
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Schedule Based Distribution
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Reports on Products Distributed to which End Points
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Marketing
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Create Widgets for Each Title
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Place widgets on other websites to market the title
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| Create ViewInside for Each Title |
Allow sampling of the title - can control pages that
can be viewed
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Access Code for Titles and Collections
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Provide access to content based on access code - can
control duration of access for each access code
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| Cart Level Discounts |
Run marketing campaigns to encourage sale by offering
discount when sale exceeds a particular value
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Content Ingestion
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Manual - Single file
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Make it easy to import and publish large number of
titles in one go or edit details of a single title
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ONIX Import (Single, Multi Product), Excel Import
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FTP Import (Multi Product)
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Warehouse Management
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Adding, Deleting, Listing, Editing, and Linking of
Assets
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Single repository for all the publishers titles for
publishing, distribution and marketing
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Product Management
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Create Collections/Bundles, Price them Appropriately
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Create collections around characters, themes, authors,
reading levels
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Create Category (Standard & Custom), Assign
Product to Category
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Makes it easy to categorize products and list them on
portals
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Duration Management
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Enables publishers to price products for specific
durations instead of an out-right sale
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Users Supported
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Individual Users
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Publishers can target different type of users to
maximize revenues
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Institutional Users
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Revenue Models Supported
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Out-right Sale
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Provides the flexibility to cater to different
segments of the market
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Subscription - Limited to a Specific Duration
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Reports
| Features | How it is Useful to Publisher | Standard Feature | Add-On Module |
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Book Reports
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Provides information on the most viewed titles, most
viewed pages in a title, most searched terms
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COUNTER Reports (BR2, BR3, BR4, and BR5)
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Provide information on access by title, turnaways by
title and institutions, searches by titles
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Sales Reports
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Sales reports for a selected date range
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ViewInside Reports
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Provides information on the number of visits, the most
viewed pages of a title, top search items, top referrers, search by
bots
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Widget Reports
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Provides information on the number widget loads, top
referrers, the most viewed pages of a title, top search items, search
by bots
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Visitor Reports, Traffic Source Reports, Browser &
OS Reports
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Understand the customer behaviour better
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Access Control for Institutions
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IP Address
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Provides the flexibility to sell to institutions who
use different access/authentication mechanisms
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Username / Password
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Referring URL
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Ezproxy
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Athens
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Shibboleth
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Content Management System
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Site Announcements
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Provides control over site navigation and menus, the
ability to add new pages, and to organize pages into sections as
needed
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Email Templates
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Static Pages
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FAQs
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Title Level Concurrency
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Title Level Concurrency
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Provides the flexibility to price access to titles
based on the number of concurrent users
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Print Book Sale
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Tax Management
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Enable publishers to integrate eBook and print book
sale from one website. Publisher will have to tie-up with a
fulfillment agency
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Shipping Price Management
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Shipping Agency Management
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Manage Shipping Options
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Manage Zones
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Print eCommerce Report
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Internationalization
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Language Support - English and Other Left to Right
Language
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Provide flexibility to publish titles in a variety of
formats
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Geo Lock
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Provide ability to govern in which countries a product
can get sold
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Search (Catalog & Content)
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Simple Search
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Enables the user to quickly locate either a book or
page of interest
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Advanced Search
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Bookshelf Content Search
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Search Faceting
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Product Navigation Options
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Category/Subcategory Wise Display
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Allows the user to browse through the catalog either
navigating by category or searching based on meta data
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Product/Catalog Search
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Special Product Listing
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Feature Products
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Enables the user to quickly browse through new titles,
featured titles and best sellers
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New Arrivals
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Best Sellers
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User Personalization
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Manage Profile
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Helps the user to manage his profile, notes, and
bookmarks associated with the books purchased/subscribed to
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Change Password
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Redeem Access Codes to Get Access to the Titles
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Bookshelf
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Notes
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Bookmarks
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Media Library
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eCommerce
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Purchase/Subscription
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Enable users to purchase or subscribe to books using
secure payment systems
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Payment Gateway Support
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Supported Payment Methods - Credit Card
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Free Product Support
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Mobile Device/Readers Support
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Online
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Seamless online reading
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Offline
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Offline reading mode
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Enhanced/Customized Reader
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