Our background
Professional Engineering Publishing is a publisher of magazines, journals and directories. Our experience ranges from topical journalism to advertisement sales and production and on through to academically refereed and internationally acclaimed learned journals. We've specialised in engineering as the publisher to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, but our customers come from many professions and branches of business and industry. We know our way around the publishing business, on paper and on line, and our portfolio includes some of the longest-established titles in the business alongside special one-off publications on topical events. Selling, writing, editing, organising – that's what we're good at, with a track record second to none, and that's what we can offer to you.
Range of Services
Our own publications at Professional Engineering Publishing include lively business and technical magazines, respected academic journals, special event issues, websites, directories… the list goes on. We already work for a varied list of clients and the services we provide for them are just as varied. We'll sell publications or advertising; we'll organise the publication of learned papers by eminent people; we can write editorial material that reaches the heart of technical issues or that informs, challenges and amuses; we'll collate, organise, print and publish for you. Below are details of just some of the services we already do for ourselves and our existing clients. It's a portfolio of expertise. And it's available to you as a long-term commitment or as a short-term fix.
Working in Partnership
Wherever you want to go with your publications, whatever you want to do, we can help. At Professional Engineering Publishing, we're used to working in partnership with our clients, using our publishing experience to deliver their publishing needs. For companies and organisations big and small, we can do as much – or as little – as you need. We can offer a full suite of publishing services, or lend a hand in a single part of your business where our experience and expertise could help. For us, partnership means sharing – not just sharing our knowledge, but also helping you to minimise the risk and maximise the rewards. We'll take as much responsibility as you want us to take. And we'll deliver. We've built our own successful business by doing what we said we were going to do. And we can do it for you.
Journal publishing is a complex business and getting more so every day. New methods of communication impact all aspects from editorial through production to marketing and distribution to international markets. You need first class products and an understanding of the dynamics of the market. This is where Professional Engineering Publishing can help. With a respected business profile and experienced and dedicated staff we can offer our expertise in this challenging, rewarding, and profitable business. As a Journal Publishing partner you can choose from a portfolio of services in editorial, production, marketing and distribution, harnessing our knowledge to meet your needs. Let us help you to achieve your vision for profitable journal publishing. In partnership.
In the magazines business, there's no substitute for knowledge. Knowing readers, knowing markets, knowing about what interests people and knowing how to present it. Editorial excellence in magazines at Professional Engineering Publishing is about journalism and experience, providing the right information to the right people in the right format. Sounds easy, but it isn't. We live in a world that is overwhelmed by information and increasingly confused by easy access to information. The editorial task is to select, manage and present the information that you or your would-be readers need to have. Our experienced, professional journalists and editors know how to meet reader demands. Our own range of news-led, issue-based magazines demonstrates our capabilities, combining topicality, insight and understanding of sometimes complex and technical issues. We do it for ourselves. We can do it for you. In partnership.
Advertising
Advertising revenue is the financial lifeblood for many magazines. The successful generation of advertising revenue comes from having trained and motivated sales people who understand products and markets, and who can win clients' confidence. At Professional Engineering Publishing we have a reputation for increasing advertising revenue, building market share and massively improving magazine profitability. This stems from an established, professional team of experienced sales managers and executives who have worked in all areas of business publishing – from weeklies to directories, in display and recruitment advertising, and from print to online to exhibitions. The team is supported by powerful systems that handle all aspects from client notes to order entry and production. Our record is one of delivery. Let us deliver for you. In partnership.
One-off publications
Need something out of the ordinary? Professional Engineering Publications can help. We've built a strong strand of our business in producing one-off publications – commemorative issues for special events, exhibition guides, awards programmes, and many other kinds. If you're doing something unique or unusual, then we're the people to call. Our team of publishing professionals can advise on how best to make the most of your event to help you deliver a high quality end-product efficiently and to a budget. From initial briefing, through design and production we can manage the whole project and our commercial nous can open up new ideas to maximise revenue and impact. And our creative people will work with yours to produce what you want on deadline and to budget. In partnership.
People, paper, print, profit – in a word, production. Magazine publishing is about minding the Ps (and Qs) and a professional production function is an essential part of the process, ensuring the effective selection and management of suppliers. At Professional Engineering Publishing our established magazine production department has the skills and experience to deal with all aspects of the business. We can help to balance your demands for quality publications with your other requirements for efficient and competitive cost management. We already provide these services for our own and our existing clients' publications, dealing with printers, paper suppliers, repro houses and distribution operations. We can do it for you. In partnership.
Web publishing
On paper, on-line and in line. Everybody says they can do web publishing these days: all you need is a PC, a dictionary and a bottomless pocket filled with money. At Professional Engineering Publishing we don't claim to be world experts on web publishing, but we've created several websites for our own and other people's publications. And what we're certain is that web publishing is mostly just part of a publishing portfolio for most of our clients – an important part, of course, but a part that needs to be integrated strategically with the overall publishing vision. That's why we'll offer a web publishing service primarily as part of an overall package of publishing and communications, so that we can meet the total needs of our partners. In partnership.