Publishing for Professional Markets: Forecast & Analysis 2006-2007: Industry Report

Publishing for Professional Markets: Forecast & Analysis 2006-2007

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Simba Information - Reports
Published: May 2006
Product Code: R46-181

Description

This is the inside intelligence you need to evaluate growth potential, understand trends affecting the industry, and size the competition. Learn which media types are forecast to post the strongest growth over the next three years, and what's fueling that growth.

Books
Journals
Databases and directories
Online services
And more

With more than 30 profiles of leading commercial, association, and university press publishers and 50 charts and graphs, no other resource can provide you with such comprehensive, unbiased information at the market and company level.

This report helps companies position themselves in the changing professional publishing market landscape by tracking and evaluating key trends, such as:

Market size by type of publishing: legal, business, STM, etc.
Market size by medium: books, journals, newsletters, databases/directories, online services and more
Which segments are growing, which are not - and why
Individual publisher strategies for growth online and in foreign markets
The effect of the open access movement on the professional publishing industry
Key mergers & acquisitions activity
Market share growth and business strategies of leading publishers

Table of Contents

Table of Contents: Methodology; Executive Summary
Chapter 1: Overview of the U.S. Professional Publishing Market: Introduction; Market Size; Legal; Medical; Scientific and Technical; Business; Media Breakdown; Books; Online/Abstracting & Indexing; Journals; Directories/Databases; Newsletters and Looseleafs; Other; Leading Professional Publishers; Reed Elsevier; Thomson Corp.; Wolters Kluwer; McGraw-Hill; Informa; United Business Media; Springer Science+Business Media; John Wiley & Sons; IHS; American Chemical Society; Blackwell Publishing; Bureau of National Affairs; Acquisitions in the Professional Publishing Market
Chapter 2: Professional Publishing Markets: Introduction; Legal Publishing Market; Market Size; Legal Books; Legal Online Services/A&I; Legal Newsletters/Looseleafs; Directories/Databases; Other; Journals; Leading Legal Publishers; Thomson Legal & Regulatory; Reed Elsevier; Wolters Kluwer; Bureau of National Affairs; Current Trends in Legal Publishing; Online Evolution; A Mature U.S. Market Turns Search for Growth Overseas; Scientific/Technical Publishing Market; Market Size; Books; Journals; Online/A&I; Directories/Databases; Newsletters/Looseleafs; Other; Leading Scientific/Technical Publishers; Reed Elsevier; Thomson; Springer Science+Business Media; John Wiley & Sons; American Chemical Society; Informa; IHS; Pearson; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; McGraw-Hill; Current Trends in Scientific/Technical Publishing; Library Budgets, Pricing Still at Odds; Science, It’s a Global Game; Additional Competition from Free Specialized Search Engines; Patent Analysis Emerges As Crucial Sci/Tech Tool; Moving Beyond Books and Journals; Medical Publishing Market; Market Size; Journals; Books; Online/A&I; Newsletters/Looseleafs; Directories/Databases; Other; Leading Medical Publishers; Elsevier; Wolters Kluwer; Thomson Healthcare; Springer Science+Business Media; American Medical Association; Blackwell Publishing; Ingenix; Thieme; McGraw-Hill; Massachusetts Medical Society; Current Trends in Medical Publishing; Handhelds Deliver Content to the Point of Care; Print Not Going Away, but Online Is Where the Growth Is; Small, Online-Only Startups Appeal to Physicians; Online Health Care Likely to Grow Steadily; Medical Goes Global; Lower Journal Advertising Sales Stunt Growth; Sales of Medical Texts, Handbooks Practitioners’ Guides Continue to Grow; Medical Publishers Are Courting the Corporate Market; Shortage of Physicians Could Negatively Impact Market; Business Publishing Market; Market Size; Books; Directories/Databases; Online/A&I; Newsletters/Looseleafs; Journals; Other; Leading Business Publishers; Reed Business Information; Thomson Financial; Wolters Kluwer; Pearson; 5McGraw-Hill; Harvard Business School Press; 5John Wiley & Sons; Springer Science+Business Media; Blackwell Publishing; Oxford University Press; Current Trends in Business Publishing; Practical Business Management, Leadership Is Best Bet; University Presses Chime in with Financial, Economic Content; Commercial Publishers Partner with Big Name Corporations, Organizations; Faster Growth Expected in 2006; University Press Publishing; Segment Size; Leading University Presses; Oxford University Press; Cambridge University Press; Harvard Business School Press; The University of Chicago Press; MIT Press; Columbia University Press; The University of California Press; Current Trends in University Press Publishing; Publishing Pricing Pressures: Are the Books Cooked?; University Presses: More Options to Choose From; Society/Association Publishing Market; Segment Size; Leading Society/Association Presses; American Chemical Society (ACS); The American Medical Association (AMA); The Institute of Electrical And Electronics Engineers (IEEE); The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA); The Massachusetts Medical Society; American Institute of Physics (AIP); BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.; The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); The American Psychological Association (APA); The Royal Society of Chemistry; Current Trends in Society/Association Publishing; Electronic Publishing Flexes Its Muscle; Publishers Need Publishers; Buying Out the Little Guys: When It’s About the Bottom Line; Google Saves the Day?
Chapter 3: Books: Introduction; Market Size; Legal Books; Medical Books; Sci/Tech Books; Business Books; AAP Reports U.S. Professional Book Sales Fell 1% in 2005; Title Output; Leading Professional Book Publishers; Reed Elsevier; Thomson Corp.; Wolters Kluwer; Informa; Springer Science+Business Media; John Wiley & Sons; McGraw-Hill; Blackwell Publishing; Imports of Professional Books; Exports of Professional Books; E-books Pull Ahead in Professional Markets; Current Trends in Professional Book Publishing; Expansion into Asia-Pacific Regions; Technology Catches Up with User Demand; Books Continue to be Largest Professional Publishing Medium; Commercial Publishers Actively Form Co-Publishing Deals with Nonprofits; Publishers Must Improve Distribution Logistics to Cut Expenses
Chapter 4: Journals: Introduction; Market Size; Medical Journals; Sci/Tech Journals; Business Journals; Legal Journals; Leading Professional Journal Publishers; Reed Elsevier; Springer Science+Business Media; Wolters Kluwer; John Wiley & Sons; Blackwell Publishing; Informa; American Chemical Society; Holtzbrinck; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Breakdown of Professional Journals by Segment; Current Trends in Professional Journal Publishing; Electronic Backfiles Proliferate; Exorbitant Pricing Continues to Force Libraries to Slash Subscriptions; Open Access: A Salvo?; Get Thee Behind Me Google, Enter Microsoft
Chapter 5: Newsletters and Looseleafs: Introduction; Market Size; Legal Newsletters/Looseleafs; Sci/Tech Newsletters/Looseleafs; Medical Newsletters/Looseleafs; Business Newsletters/Looseleafs; Leading Professional Newsletter and Looseleaf Publishers; Thomson Corp.; Wolters Kluwer; Reed Elsevier; McGraw-Hill; Bureau of National Affairs; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; American Bar Association; Thompson Publishing Group; Breakdown of Professional Newsletters and Looseleafs by Category; Business Newsletters/Looseleafs; Medical Sciences Newsletters/Looseleafs; Legal Newsletters/Looseleafs; Science Newsletters/Looseleafs; Technology Newsletters/Looseleafs; Forecast
Chapter 6: Databases/Directories: Introduction; Market Size; Business Databases/Directories; Scientific/Technical Databases/Directories; Legal Databases/Directories; Medical Databases/Directories; Leading Professional Directory Publishers; D&B; IHS; Thomson Corp.; Reed Elsevier; Thomas Publishing Co.; VNU; McGraw-Hill; Current Trends in Professional Directory Publishing; Health Care Databases Broaden; Directory and Database Launches Continue; Part Tool, Part Database; Forecast
Chapter 7: Online Services/Abstracting & Indexing: Introduction; Market Size; Legal Online Services/A&I; Medical Online Services/A&I; Scientific/Technical Online Services/A&I; Business Online Services/A&I; Overview of the STM Abstracting & Indexing Market; A&I Market Size; STM A&I Market Size After ‘Double Counting’ Eliminations; Leading STM A&I Providers; Thomson; Chemical Abstracts Service; Wolters Kluwer; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); EBSCO; ProQuest; Reed Elsevier; IHS; CSA; Infotrieve; Key Trends in the A&I Market; More Cooperation Among Competitors; Escalating Merger and Acquisition Activity; More Non-Book and Non-Journal Content; Computerized Search and Retrieval Tools; More Visualization Tools Will Be Added to A&I Databases; More Integration with the Desktop; Library Budget Crunch Means Less Spending on A&I; Greater Effort to Reach Individuals Rather Than Institutions; Current Trends in Professional Online and Internet Services; IT Infrastructure No Longer a Barrier Abroad; Online Publishers, Especially in Legal, Offer Scaled-Down Versions; Handhelds Deliver Medical Content to the Point of Care
Chapter 8: Forecasts and Conclusions: Legal Publishing; Scientific/Technical Publishing; Medical Publishing; Business Publishing; Conclusions; Company Profiles; American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Chemical Society; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Physics; American Medical Association; American Psychological Association; Blackwell Publishing; British Medical Association; Bureau of National Affairs Inc.; Cambridge University Press; Columbia University Press; CSA (formerly Cambridge Scientific Abstracts); EBSCO Information Services; Epocrates Inc.; FIZ Karlsruhe; Harvard Business School Publishing; Holtzbrinck; Informa; Ingenix; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); The Massachusetts Medical Society; The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.; MediMedia USA Inc.; The MIT Press; Oxford University Press; Pearson PLC; Reed Elsevier; The Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing; SAGE Publications Inc.; Springer Science+Business Media; Thieme Publishing Group; The Thomson Corp.; University of California Press; University of Chicago Press; UpToDate; WebMD Health Corp.; John Wiley & Sons; Wolters Kluwer

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