Phoenix Software has been granted the exclusive republishing rights for Britannica Software in South Africa. Britannica Software is the world leader of reference, education and learning products.
"Adding the Britannica range of products to our existing educational offering significantly strengthens our position in the retail market as well as boosting our channel offering," says Jason Phillips, Sales Director, Phoenix Software South Africa.
"The Britannica range offers a digital view of the Britannica printed media. It provides the ultimate reference and information guides to the consumer sector. In the near future we will be launching a range of children's reference products, plus teenage and adult-centric products," adds Phillips.
Lotta Farley, Head of Consumer Markets of Encyclopaedia Britannica (UK) Ltd, says: "The Britannica Software titles are already very well established in the South African market and we are delighted to have partnered with Phoenix Software who will continue the growth by releasing new titles suitable for all age groups and making them available to more sectors of the market."
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Phoenix Software is a software republishing business. Founded in September 1999, PS supplies a wide range of software products to distribution and retail partners. The company focuses on niche software that is aimed at vertical markets and has an ongoing mission to bring leading-edge products to the marketplace in a timely and professional manner, while offering excellent price/performance ratios. The company's product range includes titles from leading vendors such as Ability Office, Adobe, Aspyr Media, BitDefender, BluBox, BulkSMS, Corel, Cosmi Corporation, CyberLink, Feral Interactive, Individual Software, InterVideo, Iolo, ISL Light, Lavasoft Ad-Aware, Nero, Nova, O & O Software, Onspeed, Paragon Software, Parallels, PC Tools, Punch Software, Roxio, Shrink My Tunes, Sony Creative Software, Steganos, TonerSaver, Transparent Language, Ulead, Webroot, WinZip and X-oom. For additional information, please visit www.phoenixsoftware.co.za.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc (www.britannica.com) is a leader in reference and education publishing whose products can be found in many media, from the Internet to cell phones to books. A pioneer in electronic publishing since the early 1980s, the company still publishes the 32-volume Encyclopaedia Britannica, along with services such as Britannica Online School Edition and new printed products such as Britannica Discovery Library, available for purchase at Britannica's online store (britannicashop.britannica.co.uk). Britannica's editorial operation is overseen by some of the world's most distinguished scholars, several of them Nobel laureates. The company makes its headquarters in Chicago.
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