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These are the Top Publishing Companies and Platforms Headquartered in Boston (2021)

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This article showcases our top picks for the best Boston based Publishing companies. These startups and companies operate a variety of Publishing solutions. We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands. Regardless, they are all exceptional startups and companies well worth a follow.

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We selected these startups for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top Boston Publishing Companies

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Brightcove

Brightcove

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Brightcove is offers cloud-based platforms to publish and distribute digital media. It offers Brightcove Video Cloud, an online video platform that enables its customers to publish and distribute video to internet-connected devices.

The Brightcove Video Cloud platform offers various features and functionalities such as uploading and encoding, content management, video player technology, multi-platform video, live video streaming, distribution and syndication, social media, advertising and monetization, and analytics. The company also provides Zencoder, a cloud-based video encoding service with various features and functionalities, including file support, quality and control, platform and security, and account and integration; Brightcove Once, a cloud-based ad insertion and video stitching service, which addresses the limitations of traditional online video ad insertion technology; Brightcove Gallery, a cloud-based service that enables customers to create and publish video portals; Brightcove Perform, a cloud-based service for creating and managing video player experiences; and Brightcove Video Marketing Suite, a suite of video technologies designed to address the needs of marketers to drive awareness, engagement, and conversion.

Brightcove was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.. .

Visible Measures

Visible Measures

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Visible Measures is a provider of independent third-party measurement solutions for Internet video publishers and advertisers. Their services help users measure video content consumption and viral distribution.

It was established in 2005 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.. .

Vivoom

Vivoom

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Vivoom is a Consumer Activation Platform that helps brands turn their consumers into authentic influencers. Their solution complements a brand’s existing marketing strategies to produce incremental sales, provide a better product experience, and foster 1:1 relationships with customers.

Vivoom is activating customers for Capital One, L’Oreal, Johnson & Johnson, Crayola, Clorox, Microsoft, Dr. Pepper, Univision, Maroon 5, Boston Celtics, and more.

It was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.. .

Education Modified

Education Modified

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Education Modified is an award-winning special education solution to improve special education instruction, beyond compliance.

National Braille Press

National Braille Press

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National Braille Press empowers the blind and visually impaired with programs, materials, and technology supporting braille literacy

Journal of Medical Insight (JoMI)

Journal of Medical Insight (JoMI)

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Journal of Medical Insight is a surgical video journal giving out information’s of various surgeries.

BuySellAds

BuySellAds

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BuySellAds builds powerful revenue technology for publishers and connects marketers with qualified, valuable audiences at scale. The company started BSA for one reason: to make buying and selling ads easy and BuySellAds does.

But since then, the company evolved to mean much more for publishers and advertisers alike. They operate an advertising marketplace on the Web, selling over 6 billion ad impressions each month.

The company’s approach is unique, genuine, and transparent — that’s why thousands of advertisers and publishers love doing business with them. BuySellAds was founded in 2008 by Nathan Wong and Todd Garland..

Vinylmint

Vinylmint

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Vinylmint is a global marketplace for musicians, composers, voice actors and translators.

International Data Group

International Data Group

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International Data Group is engaged in providing market intelligence, advisory services, and events services for information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. It operates as a technology media, events, and research company.

It provides its clients with services in the areas of various brands; digital media, including online, mobile, and video; branded technology, entertainment conferences, events, and exhibitions management; and print publications. It also provides marketing services in areas such as multimedia marketing, lead generation, and consulting.

It serves information technology professionals, business executives, investment communities, enterprise audiences, technology enthusiasts, and video game audiences in the Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. International Data Group was established in 1964 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with partnerships in the United States and Korea, and locations in China, India, and Vietnam..

LogoMix

LogoMix

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LogoMix is a fast-growing company that is revolutionizing the way that small businesses create and build their brand and identity. They provide customers with easy-to-use tools to design and purchase marketing products including logos, business cards, letterhead, hats, pens, polo shirts, mugs, t-shirts and other promotional products.

To deliver these solutions and products, they have developed proprietary technologies in dynamic image rendering and creation, product recommendations and search, multi-currency and multi-language e-commerce and international product fulfillment to service over 25 million businesses worldwide. They also operate under the brands, FreeLogoServices and PrintingNow worldwide..

Solution Matrix Limited

Solution Matrix Limited

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Solution Matrix Ltd. was founded in 1994 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our company is a management consulting and publishing firm dedicated to helping executives, managers, consultants, and other professionals understand the impact of management actions on business performance. Clients include individuals and organizations on five continents, in business, government, education, the military, and non-profit organizations.

Our primary objectives are to help clients to meet decision support and planning needs through high quality business case analysis and to help them establish business case skills and resources in their own organizations. Our products and services include: – Consulting services, including business case analysis, and business planning.

– Professional training. – Business case tools and resources, including published guides, software, templates.

– Special repSolution Matrix Limited Our company is a management consulting and publishing firm dedicated to helping executives, managers, consultants, and other professionals understand the impact of management actions on business performance and white papers on business case issues. Legal Information – Solution Matrix Limited is an S-type corporation, incorporated in the United States of America, in Delaware (1994), under Certificate of Incorporation 944200647-2389562.

– The company operates from its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts doing business under Foreign Corporation Certificate 467876 from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1994). – The company’s Dun & Bradstreet Number is 964931414.

Tributes.com

Tributes.com

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Tributes.com is an online resource & community for current local and national obituary news.

Upstatement

Upstatement

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Upstatement is a creative studio that is focused on the design and development of digital experiences. Upstatement offers its customers with research; digital, editorial, and content strategy development; branding and visual identity; content and user interface design; engineering; front-end development; and consulting services.

Upstatement was founded by Mike Swartz, Jared Novack, and Tito Bottitta in 2008. It is based in Boston, Massachusetts..

Boston Herald

Boston Herald

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Boston Herald is a tabloid-format daily newspaper distributed in Boston and its surrounding area. It offers the newspaper in print and online formats.

The company’s newspaper provides information on news and opinion, sports, entertainment, business, inside track, blogs, photos and video, and obituaries. Boston Herald, Inc.

was formerly known as Boston Herald American and changed its name to Boston Herald, Inc. in December 1982.

The company was founded in 1846 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston Herald, Inc.

operates as a subsidiary of [Herald Media]( http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/herald-media).. .

CenterWatch

CenterWatch

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CenterWatch provides clinical trials information to a broad and influential spectrum of clinical research professionals.

BookLending.com

BookLending.com

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BookLending.com connects Amazon Kindle users who want to borrow and lend Kindle books. The community BookLending.com serves began on a Facebook page.

Its explosive growth created demand for a scalable customized web app for Kindle ebook lending and borrowing. At the time of writing (March 22, 2011), the website serves 18,000+ members and more than 400 loans per day..

My Fox Boston

My Fox Boston

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FOX 25 News is the #1 choice for local breaking news, traffic, weather and entertainment in New England.

PubFactory

PubFactory

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PubFactory is a mixed content online publishing platform.

Boston Magazine

Boston Magazine

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Boston Magazine is a monthly magazine that describes everything related to Boston city from higher education, medicine, finance, biotechnology, cultural institutions, politics, and restaurants to people. Its experienced writers, editors, and designers have captured all sides of the city with award-winning and insightful writing, and groundbreaking reporting and design.

It receives half-million monthly readers through its expository features, narratives, profiles, and investigative features. Boston Magazine has been named among the three best city magazines in the nation seven times by the City and Regional Magazine Association.

It is headquartered in Boston, M.A.. .

Tier One Partners

Tier One Partners

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Today’s new communications landscape offers more ways than ever to connect with audiences to ignite action and instill loyalty. The trick is knowing what, when and how to communicate – across an ever dynamic world of social, mobile and visual media.

This is where Tier One Partners comes in. What sets us apart is the caliber of diverse talent they put against each client engagement.

Their senior-powered teams include top-notch strategists, writers, media mavens, social media experts, videographers and graphic designers – every skill necessary to effectively tell their clients’ stories across today’s multitude of communications channels. And, they work hard to extend the life of each and every one of their successes by using owned properties and capitalizing on powerful syndication platforms..

Buggl

Buggl

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Design, Discover and Distribute travel guides. In minutes browse travel guides published by leading travel bloggers and regular people.

Create your own guide on anything you want based on where you live or have traveled to! It’s free, easy and fun – even earn income.. .

VentureFizz

VentureFizz

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VentureFizz is your digital platform for technology, entrepreneurship and career inspiration. We feature editorial coverage of the fastest growing companies and the people who are making waves, the most active Job Board in the Boston tech scene and BIZZpages for a behind-the-scenes look at the area’s hottest companies.

Our Networking Calendar and Deals section also keep you plugged into the Boston tech and entrepreneurial community.. .

Simmer

Simmer

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Software experiences for the modern consumer kitchen.

New Generation Research

New Generation Research

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New Generation Research is a publisher of bankruptcy.

The Christian Science Monitor

The Christian Science Monitor

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The Christian Science Monitor is an independent international news organization that delivers thoughtful, global coverage. We want to inspire people to think about what they’ve read long after they’ve left the page.

To share what they’ve learned with others. And to do something that makes a difference.

Though the Christian Science Monitor is being published under the auspices of the Church of Christ, Scientist, everything in the Monitor is international and U.S. news and features, except for one religious article in the weekly magazine and Daily News Briefing.

A version of this religious article has appeared each day since 1908 at the request of its founder. The Christian Science Monitor has one of the strongest networks of global correspondents in the news industry.

Each year, they report stories from more than 350 places in 100 countries around the world with the assistance of their six foreign bureaus and eight more in the United States. The newspaper won its sixth Pulitzer Prize in 1996 in the category of international reporting and received its seventh Pulitzer in 2002 for editorial cartooning.

Its website, which was launched in 1996, has won many awards. The Christian Science Monitor was founded in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy and the company is headquartered in 210 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston..

Vegan Publishers

Vegan Publishers

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Vegan Publishers publish a range of books that promote social consciousness and awareness related to veganism.

Gilbane Group

Gilbane Group

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Gilbane Group, a division of Outsell, Inc., provides analyst & consulting services focused on content technologies. Whether it involves web content management, multilingual content, enterprise search, enterprise social media, publishing, XML, XBRL, or related technologies, we can help you make vendor-neutral well-informed decisions.

We also produce a variety of free content such as Research Reports, White Papers, Case Studies, Webinars, and more. Furthermore, we host 2 conferences annually in San Francisco & Boston which bring together some of the best and brightest thought leaders in the Content Technology world..

College Publisher, Inc.

College Publisher, Inc.

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College Publisher, Inc. is an e-publishing group that provides publishing and marketing services in the collegiate publishing market.

The company provides publishing tools such as the College Publisher, which is an online publishing technology and content management solution that has been specifically designed for student publications. It has an interactive marketing network with more than 160 school partners..

Plaor

Plaor

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PLAOR is an emerging new social games publisher with an exciting and unique catalog. PLAOR is led by industry visionaries from Playdom, Disney Interactive Group, XBox, EA, Microsoft, Sony Online Entertainment, and THQ.

PLAOR offices are in Boston and San Diego, California. PLAOR will change the game..

Third Screen Media

Third Screen Media

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Third Screen Media is Platform-A’s mobile ad-serving platform and network that enables advertising on mobile devices. Its mobile solutions link advertisers, publishers and carriers on a common platform to buy and sell mobile advertising.

Offering one of the world’s most-respected mobile advertising networks, Third Screen Media offers best-in-class content, including [AOL’s](/organization/aol) popular consumer brands and mobile applications; the largest availability of carrier on-deck mobile inventory; and a mobile network of more than 100 premium publishers representing 200+ sites. Customers and partners, including many of the world’s largest marketers, agencies and media companies, rely on Third Screen Media’s products and services to manage and optimize their mobile advertising campaigns..

Color Magazine

Color Magazine

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Color Magazine is the premier all-inclusive magazine that highlights topics of interest revolving around professionals of color.

PBS FRONTLINE

PBS FRONTLINE

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We tell the stories others can’t or won’t — from the rise of the NSA’s domestic surveillance dragnet, to the hidden history of the NFL and concussions, to the secret reality of rape on the job for immigrant women. Our investigations have helped breathe new life into terrorism cold cases, freed innocent people from jail, prompted U.N.

resolutions, and spurred both policy and social change. We’ve been American television’s top long-form news and current affairs series since 1983, and we’ve won every major journalism and broadcasting award, including 91 Emmy Awards and 22 Peabody Awards.

You can watch more than 200 of our documentaries online, for free, any time — and you can find our original digital reporting, interactives and analysis everywhere you are. We answer to no one but you..

Journal of Emerging Investigators

Journal of Emerging Investigators

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The Journal of Emerging Investigators (JEI) is an open-access journal that publishes original research in the biological and physical sciences. It is a non-profit group run and operated by graduate students at [Harvard University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/harvard-university).

JEI provides students, under the guidance of a teacher or advisor, the opportunity to submit and gain feedback on original research and to publish their findings in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. It also provides the opportunity for graduate students to participate in the editorial, review, and publication process.

The Journal of Emerging Investigators was launched in 2011 by graduate students in the Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology at Harvard Medical School and its operations are based in Boston, Massachusetts.. .

WBZ-TV

WBZ-TV

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WBZ-TV Announces New Anchor Teams For 5, 6, 10 And 11 pm NewscastsWBZ-TV News.

Glide Magazine

Glide Magazine

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For over a decade, Glide and their ever-popular Hidden Track blog have been a catalyst for music discovery and conversation, offering their audience a fresh perspective on today’s most innovative artists. What began as a simple website with no expectations and little fanfare has evolved into a comprehensive, award winning online collective that continues to evolve.

In addition to delivering their readers with breaking music news and reviews, they curate the latest must-hear releases, deliver intimate interviews with your favorite artists and share timeless photos that capture the collective moment. If things are always changing and progressing, it’s never been more evident than in the crossroads of music and technology.

With their latest release of Glide (4.0 if you are keeping track), they further integrate social and their active users into the ongoing conversation.. .

Apps Kids Love -

Apps Kids Love –

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Apps Kids Love is a developer and publisher of mobile games and entertainment for kids in Apple devices.

Patricia Seybold Group

Patricia Seybold Group

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Patricia Seybold Group is a customer support consulting and content publishing website.

Magru

Magru

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Magru is an online service that helps users publish and sell e-books, magazines, presentations, articles, and other literary work.

Crowditz, LLC

Crowditz, LLC

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Crowditz is the source for crowdfunding news and deals. Crowditz was founded to provide investors with one location to identify and learn about deals on the Reg CF Platforms.

Believing that crowdfunding will be the next significant capital market, Crowditz will lead the way in providing content and tools to select and manage cross platform investments.. .

Standard Publishing Corporation

Standard Publishing Corporation

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Standard Publishing Corporation provides News And Information For Insurance Agents, Brokers, And Risk Professionals. If you’re in insurance in New England, you need The Standard, the source to trust for insurance news in the region since 1865.

Each week, The Standard brings you the information you need to stay ahead.. .

Cadalyst

Cadalyst

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Cadalyst is an online article publishing company that offers information services on design and engineering software.

BDCwire

BDCwire

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BDCwire delivers joyful, optimistic social news to a young, emotionally intelligent audience.

go2 media

go2 media

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go2 media connects mobile publishers, local audiences and advertisers through content and location-based advertising. While local advertising represents a $20 billion plus industry, digital publishers have not been able to effectively work with the hundreds of thousands of advertisers driving it.

Advertisers unable to manage direct relationships with the long-tail of local publishers have been limited to yellow page, print and search-based text ads. Advertisers are missing consumers where they spend the majority of their online time – browsing publisher content..

Riverside Publishing

Riverside Publishing

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Riverside publishing offers high quality assessments designed for a variety of needs such as digital services.

Bibliomotion

Bibliomotion

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Bibliomotion is a book publishing house designed for the new publishing landscape.

Architosh

Architosh

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Architosh’s mission is to empower its readers with leading-edge information on CAD/BIM/3D technologies across diverse industries.

American Meteorological Society

American Meteorological Society

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The American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, AMS has a membership of more than 14,000 professionals, students, and weather enthusiasts.

AMS publishes eleven atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic journals — in print and online — sponsors more than 12 conferences annually, and offers numerous programs and services. The American Meteorological Society was founded in 1919 by Charles Franklin Brooks of the Blue Hill Observatory in Milton, Massachusetts.

Its initial membership came primarily from the U.S. Signal Corps and U.S.

Weather Bureau and numbered just less than 600. Its initial publication, the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, was meant to serve as a supplement to the Monthly Weather Review, which, at the time, was published by the U.S.

Weather Bureau.. .

Micro Capitals

Micro Capitals

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Micro Capitals is a website which provides articles and news reports related to financial issues.

Nuclineers

Nuclineers

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Nuclineers is a Boston-based publication focused on finding and telling compelling stories about Science.

Boom uitgevers

Boom uitgevers

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Boom uitgevers is a publishing group that develops multimedia activities in the field of high-quality, national and regional information.

Patrol Magazine

Patrol Magazine

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Patrol Magazine is an independent daily magazine for young writers to explore their interactions with art, culture, religion, politics, and technology. It is an ongoing review of religion and the modern world, based in New York City.

Patrol Magazine is a web magazine exploring the edges of religion and popular culture, and has since grown into a voice in the conflicts between Christianity and modernity. Patrol Magazine was founded in 2007 and is based in Boston, M.A..

RezLife

RezLife

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RezLife takes an innovative approach to providing students with a non-traditional means of enhancing their college experience.

BetaBoston

BetaBoston

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Your source for Boston innovation news, featuring voices from the start-up, venture.

South Boston Online

South Boston Online

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South Boston Online is a publishing company that provides news on lifestyle, education, events, real estate and local entertainments.

Harvard Common Press

Harvard Common Press

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Harvard Common Press is a leading independent publisher of cookbooks and food-related media, based in Boston, MA.

Diacritech - E publishing Company

Diacritech – E publishing Company

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DiacriTech is an integrated digital media publishing company which offers pragmatic solutions to Publishers, from ideation to instauration and delivery, through innovative strategies with an acute focus on results. Areas of expertise include e-Learning and Digital Engineering, Digital Conversion, Production, Composition, Artwork and Graphics and Content Development and Typesetting Services.

DiacriTech supports most of the industry-leading companies within the academic publishing world with their digital production needs and is one company in a pool of suppliers that Atlantis Press uses for typesetting and XML-conversion of journal content.. .

Chilton

Chilton

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Chilton Company is a former publishing company, most famous for its trade magazines.

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