Swets Gateway agrees partnership with The Royal Society
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Lisse, The Netherlands
April 6, 2009
Swets Gateway agrees partnership with The Royal Society
The Royal Society and Swets Gateway, the special publisher services division of Swets, have recently signed an agreement to market and disseminate The Royal Society’s journals in the Asia Pacific region. Swets Gateway will, on behalf of the publisher, serve as its sales and marketing representative in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Brunei.
Dr Stuart Taylor, Head of Publishing at The Royal Society, said, “We are delighted to be working with Swets Gateway in the Asia/Pacific market. Their considerable expertise in the region will provide us with penetration into this market which we would not have been able to manage on our own. We are looking forward to a long and fruitful partnership with Swets Gateway.”
The Royal Society is a world-renowned STM publisher of 7 international journals, publishing in all the broad area of sciences. All The Royal Society journals are available online. Included in some of The Royal Society special packages is the full archive from 1665 until the present.
Henk Compier, Director of Swets Gateway, said, “I’m very, very pleased that The Royal Society has chosen to extend and enhance its long term partnership with Swets by jointly exploring new markets through an agreement with Swets Gateway. Being in the forefront of science communications since 1665, The Royal Society is recognized worldwide as a premier publisher of scientific journals. Swets is proud to represent The Royal Society in Asia and we’ll jointly and vigorously pursue the goal to further the dissemination of the Society’s content into these new territories. “
About Swets Gateway
Swets Gateway is a business unit of Swets, which offers a comprehensive, dedicated sales and marketing service to publishers. With locally based sales staff in Swets offices worldwide, Swets Gateway offers a local language, local culture solution with the full backing of one of the leading global information services companies. www.swetsgateway.com
About The Royal Society
Commencing its publishing activities in 1665, The Royal Society services a variety of scientific and medical communities in all parts of the world. All journals are available online and on a new online platform HighWire.
The Royal Society is based in London, England
Media Contact
Damian Leslie
Swets
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Swets Gateway Contact
Lorraine Ellery
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