Welcome to our information page for publishers. Below you will find
an overview of the work that our Promotions Department engages
in to promote publishers and their titles to our customers.
Providing an excellent service to our customers is linked very closely
to the strong cooperation that has been established and continues to
be maintained between Starkmann and its suppliers. This cooperation
is extremely valuable in ensuring that our customers receive the best
possible service that we can provide at the best value. A close link
with publishers helps us to give our customers accurate and timely
information about new and forthcoming publications including also
information on pre-publication, introductory and other special offers.
We have several ways in which we inform our customers about new
publications that may be of interest to them. All of these services
are provided without charge.
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New Title Information (NTI) Service - All
our customers are given the opportunity to set up subject profiles in
which they can select the subjects that correspond to the areas of
interest to their institutions. We regularly receive and also create
bibliographic entries for new and forthcoming titles which we distribute
by email to our customers. Customers may have as many or few subject
profiles set up to meet the needs of not only their acquisitions staff,
but also their faculty and staff members. Title announcements feature
full bibliographic data and the majority also feature short descriptive
abstracts. Our email NTI service is very popular and provides the
fastest way for us to announce new and forthcoming titles to our
customers.
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Major Reference Works Bibliographies - Our
highly popular biannual ‘Major Reference Works’ bibliographies feature
new and forthcoming reference works, encyclopaedias, multi-volume sets,
CD-ROMs, microfilm, microfiche and online products. We work very hard
throughout the year to obtain from publishers the latest details of new
and forthcoming publications and also of pre-publication and other
special offers for inclusion in our bibliography. The bibliography
regularly features on the cover and within its pages, works of
contemporary art, some of which can be seen on display at our offices
and also on this website. The art gives our bibliography a unique
appearance and makes it easily identifiable as a Starkmann bibliography.
Several publishers support our efforts in creating this publication by
sponsoring advertisements. We are very thankful to our existing sponsors
and are always happy to welcome additional support. Our mailing list
includes approximately 2000 named librarians around the world.
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Leaflet Mailing Program - In addition to
the information we provide to our customers about new and forthcoming
major reference publications in our 'Major Reference Works'
bibliographies, we also undertake regular leaflet mailings. Leaflet
mailings are restricted to include only single-title leaflets for titles
of the type that we announce in our 'Major Reference Works'
bibliographies. Only new or forthcoming titles are announced by us in
this way. Customers can select to receive these mailings according to
their areas of interest. Mailings occur at approximately fornightly
intervals and help to inform our customers of the latest special and
pre-publication offers.
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Personal Sales Visits - Our sales team
spends most of the year visiting our customers. Visits to the people we
serve are highly valuable in maintaining excellent relations with our
customers. A visit is also an opportunity for us to update a customer on
any important news in the publishing world and also to provide the very
latest details of new special offers.
If you are an academic publisher and would like to know more about
how a cooperation with Starkmann could benefit our customers and
the sales of your titles, please write to us at:
Promotions Dept.
Starkmann Limited
6-12 Broadley Street
London, NW8 8AE
United Kingdom
or email our Promotions Assistant
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