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NetPublications, Inc.
NetPublications, Inc. is one of the nation’s leading print solutions and document management firms providing printing, publishing, and distribution services to commercial businesses and self published authors. Its corporate headquarters is located at 675 Dutchess Turnpike, Poughkeepsie, NY from which is services a customer base across the US and Europe.

NetPublications offers printing and binding services through its NetPub-Print division, publishing services via its Vivisphere Publishing and Hudson House Publishing imprints, fulfillment through its ClientNet proprietary software program and distribution through its NetSource division.

Content: 1 – History 2 – Business acquisitions, partnerships and start-ups 3 – References and External Links

History The company, legally known as Media Corporation of America (“MCA Inc.”), was founded in 1986 by William Grogg.

MCA Inc. was started as a document manufacturer for the software industry. Through the years its manufacturing methods evolved with technology from offset printing process to a completely digital process. This allowed it to offer customers, custom or managed print options more quickly and cost effectively.

As content output media evolved from only print to digital output (CD/DVD) and the web, the company moved into these areas.

In 1992 the first digital manufacturing equipment was installed on its production floor. Shortly following this initial installation the company became the world beta site for the new IBM-Infoprint 4000 printing equipment. NetPub-Print worked closely with IBM to develop this equipment into a top digital manufacturing solution for digital output. During the early 2000’s the company continued to install leading edge digital manufacturing equipment. NetPub-Print now offers complete pre-media services, digital output in many different media and a full storage and fulfillment facility. Clientnet Software is a web to print-store solution used by many customers throughout the US.

Business acquisitions, partnerships and start-ups Throughout its history the company has grown through acquisitions, partnerships and funding of start-ups. In 1997 the company acquired Vivisphere Publishing, a traditional book publisher with a special interest in gaming books.

In the fall of 1998 the company formed a partnership with the Swedish Post Office to offer next day delivery of printed products from Europe to the US.

Hudson House Publishing (“HHP”) was started in 2003 to offer the ever expanding market place of specialty interest book subjects. NetPub-Print pre-media and manufacturing offerings were a huge advantage to the customers of HHP as it offered full printing services.

2006 brought the development of the proprietary Clientnet software. Spending the better part of a year researching the availability of this kind of software, the company made the decision to start a Software Development organization, Clientnet. The software can be used by customers for both print and digital output needs. It allows for web to print and storage communications, acting as a back office to the company’s clients, allowing clients to view inventory levels and place orders directly from their own computers.

The Bookhitch website (www.bookhitch.com) was developed and introduced to allow publishers and self published authors a vehicle to sell their books directly to readers, eliminating the wholesale distribution channel and permitting readers the ability to purchase books directly from the publisher or author. Bookhitch has over 300,000 print and ebook titles and continues to grow its number of titles each month while attracting an audience of some 125,000 visitors per month.