BioOne and PCG expand partnership globally

["Doug Wright" <dwright@pcgplus.com>]

Dear colleagues,

As a follow up to our announcement earlier this year, I would 
like to inform you that today BioOne and PCG announce the 
expansion of its sales and marketing partnership. From January 
2009, PCG will provide BioOne with worldwide marketing, sales, 
and customer service, and has appointed Jeff Downing to lead the 
program.

Both PCG and BioOne want to make sure that BioOne customers are 
well informed about this forthcoming change. I've pasted an 
announcement with more details below, and I or Mark Kurtz from 
BioOne would be very glad to provide any additional information 
that you may need. Our contact details are also below.

Best regards,


Douglas Wright
Executive Vice President
Publishers Communication Group, Inc.
a division of Publishing Technology
Tel: +1 617-395-4070
dwright@pcgplus.com
www.pcgplus.com


BioOne and PCG expand marketing and sales partnership globally; 
PCG appoints Jeff Downing as Global Marketing and Sales Director 
for BioOne

BioOne, the non-profit collaborative of high-impact bioscience 
publications, and Publishers Communication Group (PCG), provider 
of research, sales and marketing services to scholarly and 
professional publishers, today announced the global expansion of 
their existing sales and marketing partnership. From January 1, 
2009, PCG, which has been providing BioOne with North American 
sales and marketing services since September, will provide 
exclusive worldwide marketing, sales representation and library 
customer service for BioOne and its prestigious publishing 
partners.

Susan Skomal, BioOne's executive director and chief operating 
officer, explains BioOne's decision to expand its relationship 
with PCG: "In this globalized era, we need our marketing, sales 
and customer service strategies to be consistently implemented 
such that local as well as regional preferences are acknowledged. 
We are pleased to have found a single partner that can provide 
this strategic service - globally-coordinated but nonetheless 
localized to reflect varying customer needs.  PCG truly 
understands BioOne's mission."

"This extended agreement with BioOne will see PCG build on its 
existing presence in a range of international markets including 
Latin America, China and Japan," adds Douglas Wright, PCG's 
executive vice president. "I'm very pleased to have Jeff Downing 
lead this growing global team; his knowledge of BioOne's products 
and expertise in unifying diverse business needs combine to 
ensure that we will scale our proven services effectively to 
deliver global success for BioOne."

Jeff Downing, newly-appointed Global Marketing and Sales Director 
for BioOne, joins the PCG team from sister division Ingenta where 
he served as Library Services Director. He comments: "I'm looking 
forward to furthering BioOne's collaboration with libraries 
throughout the world. We're proud to be creating a global and 
coordinated support infrastructure for the valuable research in 
which BioOne's publishing partners invest." Jeff is now 
recruiting dedicated sales representatives in Europe and Latin 
America, and will deploy PCG's extensive network of 
representative agents to serve other key growth markets.

BioOne and PCG are working together to ensure a smooth transition 
and wish to assure current subscribers that they will continue to 
receive uninterrupted access to the BioOne databases.  We 
encourage any existing or potential subscribers with questions or 
concerns to contact either PCG or BioOne for more information.

For more information, please contact:
Douglas Wright
Publishers Communication Group, Inc.
Tel: +1 617-395-4070
Email: dwright@pcgplus.com

Mark Kurtz
BioOne
Tel: +1 202-296-2296
Email: mkurtz@arl.org