Odyssey Press Inc. Announces Online Article Reprint, Author Billing, and Subscription Services

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/17/2008 - 00:00

2008-05-17 Vancouver, British Columbia, May 17 2008.  Today, Odyssey Press Inc. announced a new comprehensive online model for article reprints (EzReprint), author billin (EzBilling), and subscription sales (EzSubscription). This comprehensive service facilitates the publishers workflow, increases revenue, and significantly enhances the authors publishing experience.

Odyssey Press Vice President, Kevin Pirkey, describes the new systems as taking full advantage of today's publishing environment and available technologies.  Today's authors are accustomed to using online tools in their daily lives, EzReprint, EzBilling and EzSubscription consolidate the author publishing functions into a cost efficient and author friendly service. By bundling the vaious functions, we've also seen an increase in article reprint and back issue sales. "Each of our systems maintains and promotes the brand identity of the publisher with whom we work" adds Tad Parker Odyssey's President. "We view our role as being a service provider to the publisher, the publisher is the visible brand identity and maintains complere control over pricing decisions and how their contenet is presented and delivered." 

Odyssey's proven on-demand digital printing services provide a solid manufacturing capability in support of the announced online systems. Producing over 300 journals, Odyssey is the leading digital journal and article reprint provider in the scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishing marketplace.

 EzReprint & EzBilling

  • Online ordering of article reprints, book chapters and ePrints.
  • Collection of all page, publishing, color, open access, or alteration charges.
  • Smart link technology pre-populates the system with a personalized author experience.
  • One-stop shopping experience increases your potential revenue.
  • Orders can be paid by check, purchase order/invoice, wire transfer, or credit card.
  • Compelte on-demand digital print production.
  • Back office accounting and monthly reporting services.
  • Inbound and outbound marketing services.
  • Personal customer service for your authors whenever needed. 

EzSubscription & EzBackIssue

  • Enables the online sale of journal subscriptions, single copy back issues, and books.
  • Service in intergrates with Odyssey's subsription management or can export data to your current member/subscription system.
  • System can be linked to your website or online content host to provide a turn-key eCommerce and fulfillment solution.
  • Fixed transaction cost rather than commission or royalty percentage.
  • Works especially well with online only journals that would like to offer a print version option to subscribers.

 About Odyssey Press

Odyssey Press Inc., is the Original ultrashort run digital printer celebrating it's 20th year in business. We specialize in the progressive use of technology and digitally printed publications in quantities of one to 1,000 copies. From our facility in Gonic, New Hampshire, we provide complete prepress, digital printing, bindery, mailing, and fulfillment services to scientific, technical, medical, and scholarly publishers. Odyssey Press is the leading provider of digitally printed journals. www.odysseypress.com

Contact: Kevin Pirkey at 717-225-9477 or via email at Kevin@odysseypress.com