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=Brief Summary= Semantico is an online publishing solutions company working for some of the world's leading publishers. They design and build flexible, scalable publishing platforms and tools, sensitive to brand and content, giving publishers the means to control their content through their access management system solutions, information publishing platforms and custom software solutions.

Founded by Richard Padley, Managing Director, in 1999 and Initially based in Bond Street in the North Laines, Semantico has since moved to larger premises on Dyke Road, situated in the centre of Brighton.

=Products and Services= Semantico specialise in academic, reference, scholarly commercial, special interest content and directories. The company has invested in creating its own content delivery tool-sets, subscription management products and hosting and support services.

Semantico Access Management System (SAMS)
SAMS is a secure access control and subscriptions management system, operating using a comprehensive product suite that provides a flexible approach to managing access control, subscription renewals, reporting and contact information across multiple product site. Publishers can use the Admin Services web portal to view and manage all of their customer purchases, access details and statistics with a central repository.

Semantico Information Publishing Platform (SIPP)
SIPP is a suite of web services for building and managing online content. Using SIPP, publishers can create their own microsites using either SIPP Rapid, SIPP Rapid+ or SIPP Classic. All three can be used to take an entire catalogue or imprint to market online in weeks, rather than months.

Book Widgets
Widgets enable publishers to easily demonstrate to their clients the content and style of books whilst retaining administrative control of how much of the book is viewable online. Previous widget clients include Random House, for whom Semantico created a widget which previewed pages within the book, had an inbuilt link to their online shop and offered embedding options for other sites to publish sections displayed within this widget.

=Discovery Blog= Semantico publishes the popular Discovery Blog. Richard Padley, Managing Director, and other contributors from within the staff at Semantico apply their passion and expertise for publishing and look at the latest developments and trends in the world of online publishing.

=Semantico Client List=
 * CABI - a not-for-profit organization specialising in scientific publishing, research and communication.
 * Cambridge University Press - one of the finest British academic publishers, the oldest printer and publisher in the world and one of the largest academic publishers globally.
 * Dawson Books - a long-established company specialising in the supply of books and complementary services to libraries around the world.
 * Hodder Education - part of Hachette Livre UK the largest and one of the most diversified book publishers in the UK.
 * Brill - a publishing house with a strong international focus founded in 1683.
 * Macmillan Education - one of the world’s leading publishers of English-language teaching and school curriculum materials, with over 150 years of publishing experience.
 * Modern Language Association of America - founded in 1883, the Modern Language Association of America provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy.
 * Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development - one of the world’s largest publishers in the fields of economics and public policy.
 * Oxford University Press – the OUP furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide.
 * Palgrave Macmillan - a global academic publisher with 150 years experience serving learning and scholarship in higher education and the professional world.
 * Random House UK - one of the largest general book publishing companies in the UK.
 * Taylor and Francis - The Taylor & Francis Group publishes more than 1000 journals and around 1,800 new books each year, with a books backlist in excess of 20,000 specialist titles.
 * Wiley-Blackwell - created in February 2007 by merging Blackwell Publishing with Wiley’s Global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business, is now one of the world’s foremost academic and professional publishers and the largest society publisher.

=External Links= Semantico: http://www.semantico.com/corporate/

Discovery Blog: http://blogs.semantico.com/discovery-blog/