Partnerships for Publishers

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• Partnerships for Publishers
• Barbara Meyers
• President
• Meyers Consulting Services
• Mount Airy, Maryland
• MCSone_at_verizon.net

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Some Examples from History

• The Brothers Harper
• Wiley, Sr. Van Winkle
• Wiley, Jr. Putnam
• From Longman to Pearson
• Simon Schuster
• Williams Wilkins to Waverly

3
Types of Partners

• Content
• Channel
• Technology
• Service
• Supplier or Vendor

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Examples from the Present

• Wiley and Microsoft
• Macmillan and Science Museum
• BioOne
• SPARC
• Questia

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Some Bad Mostly Good

• Disadvantages
• Potential Loss of Parity or Partner
• Potential Loss of
• Advantages
• - Infusion of
• - More than One Perspective
• - Complementary Expertise
• - Increased Opportunities markets products