The Jouve Group announces the purchase of Publishing Dimensions

With the arrival of new medias, and the evolution of communication methods towards electronic formats (e-Book, audio book, podcast, vidcast, RSS …), editors have to rethink their development and distribution strategy by integrating these new techniques.

At the heart of the “e-evolution”, professional editors deploy innovative multimedia projects allowing them to enhance and sell their editorial documents. They also provide ease-of access to the information required by their customers.

In this context, the Jouve Group announces the purchase of the company Publishing Dimensions, known for its management of e-Book projects. Thanks to this new acquisition, Jouve reinforces its technological and innovative position as a content specialist. This expands our services of management, conversion and distribution of multimedia and multi-support content with high added value.

Publishing Dimensions is a company founded in New York in 2000, known for its expertise in processing multimedia content. It enhances customer content and revitalises their sales by using new digital distribution channels (e-Book, on-line, POD, community sites, audio book …).

Publishing Dimensions also works on projects, which optimise editorial processing workflows, reducing both costs and lead-times.

According to Managing Director of Jouve Group: “As a well-known partner with editors, the Jouve Group has the task of advising its customers based on our anticipation of technological evolutions and also offering new services with high added-value and of proximity.

Already well established in Europe, Asia and Africa, the Jouve Group now works closer to its American customers and reinforces its presence there. Thanks to this acquisition, Jouve is happy to welcome a team of professionals and specialists in the conversion and distribution of electronic content.

Jouve can now offer a complete and unique service, including:

• the mass digitisation of documents
• the editorial creation of new multimedia content
• multi-channel, multi-support distribution
• the development of editorial systems and facilities
• management solutions.”

According to Jonathan Hevenstone, President of Publishing Dimensions: “The Jouve Group has a range of services, an industrial production capacity, and unique innovations. We immediately understood the opportunity of a collaboration with Jouve, and the added value we could offer to our customers. We are enthusiastic about the service being brought to America, and the reinforcement of our position as leader in the creation of digital content in the world of edition.”

About Jouve

Specialised in information processing, the Jouve Group can provide solutions to companies, institutions and editors who produce and digitise information. In order to enhance their content, Jouve offers a complete solution to acquire, manage and digitise this information on paper, electronically, on PDA or on CD-ROM.

The Jouve Group: 1,400 employees,
Annual turnover 2007: 110 million Euros

This acquisition is part of the globalisation of the Group. In May 2007, Jouve acquired Libro in Germany, reinforcing its presence in Europe. Later in the year, two companies were created in Poland (Jouve Polska) and Romania (Jouve International), representing two linguistic hubs where all European languages are mastered. Finally, a printer specialised in the Art domain was acquired by Jouve’s subsidiary, Imprimerie Nouvelle at the end of the year.

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