Ingenta doubles publisher signings in 2006

Strong December achieves total of 40 new clients over year

Ingenta, the technology provider which connects the publishing and information industries, recently announced that it closed 2006 with 40 new publisher clients, demonstrating a 100% increase on publisher signings in comparison with 2005. CEO Simon Dessain ascribed the company’s success to its increased stability and strengthened offering: "We are delighted that so many publishers have recognised the quality and value of Ingenta's proposition, and the leadership demonstrated by our technology. Whilst we have had times when competitors were giving us a run for our money, we now think this record increase in new customers clearly shows that we are once again leading the market."

New publishers to join the service in the final month of 2006 are: 

• Berghahn Books
• The Clifford Beers Foundation
• Improbable Research, Inc 
• MIDIRS (Midwives Information and Resource Service)
• Opulus Press
• Royal Archaeological Institute
• Society for Cooperative Studies
• Springer Publishing Company
• Vittorio Klostermann Verlag
• World Maritime University Publications

In addition, 41 existing publisher clients have extended their electronic publishing partnerships with Ingenta; the total number of publishers to which the company currently provides online services is 266.

All the newly-signed publishers will take advantage of IngentaConnect’s proprietary content enhancement software which adds state-of-the-art functionality to PDF articles, and will also benefit from IngentaConnect’s unparalleled functionality, pre-registered user base and traffic. IngentaConnect provides over 25,000 libraries with access to over 10,000 electronic journal, book and monograph titles and over 20,000 fax- and Ariel-delivered publications. The site enables users to view full text via subscription and through a variety of different payment models such as library payment accounts, individual subscription sales and article pay-per-view access.

For more information about IngentaConnect’s online publishing services, please visit the Ingenta stand (954) at ALA Midwinter.

ENDS

For more information, please contact:
Charlie Rapple
Ingenta plc
Tel: +44 1865 397860
Email: charlie.rapple@ingenta.com

About Ingenta
www.ingenta.com
Ingenta is the global market leader in the management and distribution of published scientific, professional and academic research via the Internet, and develops and maintains specialist websites and technology services for publishers, self-publishing societies and libraries. The IngentaConnect Division provides professional and scholarly publishers and societies with data conversion, secure online hosting, access control and distribution services. IngentaConnect provides libraries and information professionals with comprehensive collection management and document delivery options. The Information Commerce Division provides flexible infrastructure and tools to enable publishers to repackage, bundle or price content online at the click of a button. Ingenta’s collection of research content – 20 million articles from more than 10,000 online publications and 20,000 fax and Ariel delivered publications – is accessed by millions of researchers and librarians a month via ingentaconnect.com and other websites.