Products
Find the most comprehensive, authoritative and unbiased title
and publisher information on the web. On all of Bowker’s
online database products, communication and workflow features
are as important as the robust, unbiased, and authoritative
data behind them. We offer features that prevent re-keying
errors, save time and money, and improve workflow, including:
the ability to e-mail title information with varying degrees
of detail included, and with added comments; the ability to
link to your vendors, information providers, and, for
libraries, your own catalog -- for added content, pricing,
availability, and ordering; plus much more
Convenient, frequently updated CD subscriptions are available
for many Bowker database products. For companies who find a
disk more convenient than the internet, Bowker databases on
CDs are a valuable alternative to an online subscription.
Bookstores appreciate POS compatibility, which enables
Bowker’s rich title information to populate their in-store
system. Reviews improve customer service and enable more
informed decisions. Title information is updated frequently,
depending on the product, and an intuitive interface makes
up-to-speed time short, and users more productive.
From
general trade to highly specialized, find the Bowker reference
directories you’ll reach for time and again for the most authoritative
title information. Bowker’s printed directories have been the staple for
title information for over a hundred years. By offering these essential
industry tools, Bowker supports the information needs of every type of
publisher, retailer, and librarian, along with their customers and
patrons.
Every
day, industries as diverse as Medicine, Law, and Information Technology
-- among others -- produce a wealth of publications that address the
very specific needs of their respective fields. Every year, Bowker
carefully compiles and updates information about these publications, and
puts it into the hands of the professionals and individuals who need it
the most
You will have the decided edge over your competition with Bowker tools
that put trends, forecasts, and product and company details at your
fingertips. Publishing houses, library systems, and major academic
libraries face daunting financial challenges.
Whether
books and serials are your product or your asset, you need to know
what's going on in the world of your competition and your industry. What
are the core offerings? How does your catalog stand up? What industry
and economic factors are currently impacting sales? Bowker leverages
both the richest title information available and reports by Simba’s
highly-regarded analysts, so that you can answer these and other
questions for your institution and those you report to.
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