New Springer

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Springer Verlag and Kluwer Academic Publishers
as One Company CALIS, Dalian May 21,
2004 Maurice Kwong, Springer Hong Kong
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• Agenda Today
• Background of Springer Verlag
• Background of Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Some Facts and Figures of the new Springer
• Future Development

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Background of Springer Verlag
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Founded in Berlin By Julius Springer
1842
International Expansion New York (1964), London
(1983), Tokyo (1983) Paris and Hong Kong (1986)
Since 1960s
Acquisition of Birkhäuser Verlag
1986
1999
Purchase of Springer Group by Bertelsmann Foundati
on of BertelsmannSpringer Science Business Media
10/2003
Purchase of Investment Bankers, Cinven and
Candover Renamed Springer Science Business
Media
2/2004
New Board of Directors
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Imprints and Distribution Arrangements
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Background of Kluwer Academic Publishers
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A.E. Kluwer founded the Dutch publishing house
1889
1970
Acquisition of Martinus Nijhoff Acquisition of D.
Riedel Publishing Foundation of Kluwer Academic
Publishers
1998
Acquisition of Plenum Publishers Acquisition of
Chapman Hall Publishers
2000
Acquisition of Baltzer journals
1/2003
Purchase of investment bankers, Cinven and
Candover
2/2004
New Board of Directors Merge with Springer Verlag
to form Springer Science Business Media
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Imprints and Distribution Arrangements
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Springer Kluwer Academic As One Company

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Springer-Verlag and Kluwer Academic Publishing
Companies almost everywhere
SV-Heidelberg
SV-London
KAP-London
SV-New York
KAP-Moscow
SV-Vienna
KAP-Dordrecht
KAP-New York
SV-Tokyo
SV Hong Kong
Total 52
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Springer Today 1,500 Employees 2,500 new books
annually Over 20,000 books in print Over 500
journals in print electronic forms
Kluwer Today 600 Employees 1,500 new books
annually Over 15,000 books in print Over 680
journals in print electronic forms
Global Editorial Network and international
presence with focus in America, Europe and Asia
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Life Science
Medicine
Mathematics
Engineering
Computer Science
Chemical Science
Physics Astronomy
Environmental Sci
New Springer Number of STM Journal titles
Geo Science
Psychology
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Economics
Social Science
Philosophy
Education
Law
New Springer Number of Social Science Journal
titles
Linguistics
Humanities
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Market Average 9.1, 1,000
Springer Kluwer
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Worldwide Library Consortia Arrangements
Springer Link
Kluwer Online
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• Current Contracts and Agreements
• All Current Springer Link and Kluwer Online
  consortia contracts will be honoured to expiry
  date
• Contracts up for renewal will be rolled into new
  Springer arrangements
• No extra price increase will occur as a result
  of the merger

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• Electronic Journal Publishing Platform
• Goal of December 31, 2004
• One Publishing Platform
• Integrated Sites
• User Input Usage Report Upgrade

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The New Springer STM Book Programme
The STM book triangle
Science
Our focus
Professional
Graduate Text
Trade
Undergraduate Text
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Market average US 86
Kluwer Academic
Springer
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• Some Important Dates to Note
• 1/7/2004 New organization in effect
• Return of imprint name KAP
• 1/10/2004 Combined Customer Service and
  Fulfillment of books in effect
• 1/4/2005 Combined Journals Invoicing and
  Fulfillment of journals in effect

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We Will Work Harder Than Anybody Else Because
We are only number 2 in the market.
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Bay, Kowloon Hong Kong SAR Peoples Republic of
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