Our Solutions
e-Publishing Services:
Multimedia - Impelsys develops several types of electronic programs that include resource CD, complete book on CD, interactive games development, presentations (PowerPoint, Flash and interactive), image collections, interactive image atlases, question banks, audio glossaries, integration of videos and animations. Utilizing Impelsys' creative team to convert print content into interactive multimedia (2D/3D animations and Internet applications), university presses and societies can provide a dynamic experience to their audience.
eLearning - Several university presses have built eLearning products using Impelsys' solutions and technologies. These include: full online courseware, LMS cartridges, and assessment engines for all major LMS systems. Impelsys can create fully compliant SCORM and AICC systems that are custom-made, server-based Internet solutions. LMS programs include student functionality such as course delivery, interactive quiz features, and managed schedules. Administrative features contain instructor-led, web-based seminars, test modules and chats.
Mobile Devices - More and more users want their content "on the go". Impelsys helps university presses and societies adapt their content for different platforms, quickly and cost effectively by offering high competency and experience in handheld device platforms. Formats include: Mobipocket, Palm, Adobe, Microsoft Reader, Sony and ePub.
Content Conversion - A multitude of services for content conversion are offered to university presses. Source files including Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word can be converted to any format as desired, including proprietary markup languages. Output formats can be SML, PDF, SML/SGML, NIMAS or eBooks. Another service offered by Impelsys is the digitization of print into an electronic format, including multiple levels of proofreading to ensure accuracy at every level.
Technology Services
Custom Software Developement - Impelsys custom software development services deliver much more than code. By utilizing the most proficient and scalable technologies and systems, Impelsys enables university presses and societies to realize their goals and gain competitive advantage.
By focusing exclusively on publishing, Impelsys also offers valuable industry insight and strategy that enriches the development process with a collaborative vision that fuels breakthrough solutions.
iTeam - An iTeam is a team of Impelsys' employees dedicated to serving publishers' technology needs. They act as an extension of the publisher's own team, supporting all activities driven by their business goals/needs. iTeams are custom created teams who posses the skills and experience the business requires.
As applications that support an enterprise can be diverse and complex, not every resource member will be able to support changing business requirements. However, an iTeam can make all the difference. By using an iTeam to handle low-level maintenance and other tasks, university presses and societies maximize their human resources investments to the fullest. Impelsys provides flexible terms with each iTeam that can be leveraged to achieve a more efficient and effective method of resource planning and allocation.
Maintenance & Support - The challenges in managing a range of software applications efficiently and cost-effectively are many. To overcome this, several leading publishers depend on Impelsys for guidance, insight and preventive solutions. By doing so, they reduce costs, increase application efficiently, improve quality, and enjoy enhanced stability.
Technology
Innovation in building technology is the cornerstone of all technology solutions from Impelsys. Converting print to digital, Impelsys is focused on providing unique solutions giving publishers the cost and time advantage. Some of the tech-solutions include:
iPlatform™ - Impelsys' foremost technology, iPlatform™ empowers university presses and societies to create rich portals around a book, a series of books or a specific published content. It is XML driven and allows publishers to bring the full content of titles online. Easily customized to fit changing business needs and expanding functionality, iPlatform™ allows university presses to pick and choose the offerings they need with minimal investment and maximum returns. With scalable, future-proof architecture, iPlatform™ allows university presses and societies to monetize new and existing content, to strengthen their relationship with readers, and to establish a profitable digital presence.
VirtualPages™ - An online and offline reader created exclusively for publishers, VirtualPages™ enables university presses to monetize their existing printed content by creating new digital versions. Utilizing Impelsys' VirtualPages™ engine, university presses can significantly reduce costs and turnaround times to create an almost instantaneous digital presence. University presses and societies enjoy increased return on their investment over complex content deliveries by using VirtualPages™ for online catalogs, ViewInside teasers, and Talking eBooks.
VirtualPages™ creates print look-alike and rich user-friendly online books at a fraction of the cost of complex XML workflow solutions. It also provides ready-to-go functional components for university presses to pick and choose from, all of which can easily be extended with multiple enhancements to provide additional functionality including: audio highlights, activities, and evaluations.
iDAMS™, The iDAMS™ digital asset management system enables university presses and societies to store, search, and retrieve all digital assets (Quark, PDFs, documents, image files, video and audio files, or any other ancillary material ) through one common platform.
iDAMS™ offers ease of use and deployment over the generic solutions available in the market with modules that are easily configured and extended. With iDAMS™, content can be pushed out to an iPlatform™ portal or any content distribution outlet, effectively becoming a digital asset distributor (DAD). With iDAMS™, Impelsys empowers university presses and societies to maximize efficiency and time management with an easy content storage and retrieval process. By utilizing the two revolutionary technologies to power solutions, Impelsys helps university presses and societies leverage on existing assets to generate additional revenue streams.
SmartCD™ - An offline content delivery solution, SmartCD™ is a complete, platform-independent solution for delivering books, journals, and learning resources through compact discs. It supports keyword-based search, quizzes, instructor/student resources, full book-dumps, videos, animations and external documents like MS-Word and PowerPoint.
Impelsys has helped many university presses and societies to embrace the new electronic media to meet the growing customer demand. One of the major benefits is that a SmartCD™ can be changed once it's already into the market. This empowers university presses and societies to update users with newer versions, upgraded functionality, marketing advertisements for related products, and fix errata, news/discoveries and more.
Solutions
iPublishCentral - iPublishCentral enables publishers to take fullest advantage of their content and to generate new revenue streams at the lowest possible cost. This easy, self-serve SaaS model gives university presses & societies the freedom to create and manage their portals without the need for software programmers, content conversion specialists or hosting providers. Portals can also facilitate direct purchases, reducing dependence on traditional channels that involve aggregators, distributors and retailers
iPublishCentral also provides a suite of marketing tools to help university presses and societies sell their ebooks on the portal. They can now easily capitalize on web 2.0 and be present online along with their readers. iPublishCentral marketing tools, Widgets and ViewInside allow publishers to virally market their content on social networks & blogs and get readers engaged through an online community. Each portal comes with administration and reporting tools to help publishers learn what their readers want and help build an invaluable relationship with their readers by learning & delivering what they want.
Custom Content Portal - Impelsys' iPlatform™ technology is put to work, helping build customized end-user portals around a title, series of books or specific published content. Impelsys can help university presses & societies easily launch feature-rich companion websites around a book series or customized portals at lowest possible cost and in a short span of time.
Talking eBooks - Powered by Impelsys' VirtualPages™ technology, talking eBooks transform standard printed books into virtual electronic books. Talking eBooks offer a variety of illustrative and audio features such as narration, individually click-able words and read-along color-coding of words to enhance the reading experience.
Online Catalog - Impelsys' VirtualPages™ technology is leveraged to create online catalogs with the look of actual catalog pages, along with numerous online features. University presses & societies can enhance the usability of their print catalog by converting it into an online catalog, helping them reach global marketplaces with their existing content.