Publishers’ Directory For 2021 Virtual Trade Mission Singapore & Canada
© 2021 Singapore Book Publishers Association Singapore Book Publishers Association 9 Jurong Town Hall Road, #02-02 Trade Association Hub, Jurong Town Hall Singapore 609431 Tel: (65) 6957 7093 / 6957 7094 Email: info@singaporebookpublishers.sg www.singaporebookpublishers.sg All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
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CONTENTS About SBPA
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Aims & Objectives
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Main Activities
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Alston Education Pte Ltd
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Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
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Casco Publications Pte Ltd
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English Corner Publishing Pte Ltd
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JSIM Education Pte Ltd
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Marshall Cavendish Education
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NUS Press Pte Ltd
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Star Publishing Pte Ltd
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Chips and Toon
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ilovereading.sg
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Marshall Cavendish International
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Pustaka Nasional
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Kitaab International
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Singapore Book Publishers Association The Singapore Book Publishers Association was set up in 1968 to represent the book publishing industry. It started with 22 members and has grown to 71 members and continues to grow each year. All members are publishing companies or businesses associated with the publishing industry. The book publishing industry in Singapore can be divided into three main categories: General or Trade (books on sale in bookshops), Educational (books sold to schools and parents) and Professional/STM and Scholarly (must-have information for professionals and researchers, sold mostly to institutions). All three categories are well-represented in Singapore. Companies in Singapore include large foreign multinationals with Asia HQ functions in Singapore (John Wiley & Sons, McGraw-Hill Asia, Taylor and Francis Asia Pacific etc.) as well as three homegrown multinationals (Times Publishing Group; World Scientific; Popular Holdings), and numerous small and medium enterprises (SMEs), including some with a very strong recent growth trajectory. The SBPA currently has 71 members, including multinational corporations (MNCs) and SMEs. Visit www.singaporebookpublishers.sg for more information.
9 Jurong Town Hall Road, #02-02 Trade Association Hub, Jurong Town Hall Singapore 609431 T +65 6957 7093 / +65 6957 7094 E info@singaporebookpublishers.sg www.singaporebookpublishers.sg
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Sim Wee Chee Managing Director
Founded Sim Wee Chee
Managing Director
Main areas of interest
weechee@alstoneducation.com Alston Education is a leading education content provider with deep understanding of the international textbook market. Our core focus is to develop and distribute textbooks and educational resources for the K-12 schools globally. We have established a sales network of more than 30 countries spanning Southeast Asia, North Asia, India Subcontinent, Latin America, and the Middle East. We are the thought leader to usher in a new era of education publishing.
Alston is Singapore’s first publishing house to have our Mathematics and Science textbooks, workbooks and teacher’s guides endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education.
Alston is the world’s first publishing house that offers a unique pairing of the Singapore approach to learning Mathematics and Science with the Cambridge Primary Mathematics and Science curriculum framework by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Alston is Singapore’s first publishing house to develop all our ELT series based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Principal languages published
English
Imprints
Business enquiries Average number of titles published annually Approximate number of titles in print Approximate number of digital content
enquiry@alstoneducation.com 36 500 120
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Learner's understanding is build using
Active Learning approaches
Based on the new Cambridge Primary Mathematics (0096) and Science (0097) curriculum
Learners engage in a learning journey through
exploration & problem-solving
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MEMBERS’ PROFILES
Asiapac Books Pte Ltd Company Reg No: 198305610K
Lim Li Kok
410 North Bridge Road Singapore 188726
Publisher/ Managing Director
Tel: +65 6392 8455
Fax: +65 6392 6455
info@asiapacbooks.com
www.asiapacbooks.com asiapacbooks
@asiapacbooks
@asiapacbooks
Founded 1983 Lim Li Kok
Publisher/Managing Director
Main areas of interest
info@asiapacbooks.com Asiapac Books is dedicated to publishing educational comics and illustrated books to promote appreciation of our world’s diverse cultural heritage. Our rich and appealing content is presented under the unifying theme, “Many Faces, One World”. We publish books on humanities subjects such as history, philosophy, literature and culture. For young readers, we offer attractive books to encourage development in life skills, values and character. Our key book series include our Inspiration series, Origins, Culture Gateway, History Express, Compact Classics, Values for Success, and Top Tips.
Principal languages published Imprints
English and Chinese Asiapac Books, Asiapac Culture, Asiapac Comics.
Business enquiries Chong Lingying Manager
info@asiapacbooks.com
Average number of titles published annually
10
Approximate number of titles in print
500
Approximate number of digital content
50
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Casco Publications Pte Ltd Company Reg No: 199802634N
53 Ubi Ave 1, #05-54 Paya Ubi Industrial Park Singapore 408934
Kathy Low Business Director
Tel: +65 6748 3101
info@casco.com.sg
Fax: +65 6748 9139
Founded 1998 Peter Low
Managing Director
Main areas of interest Principal languages published
Educational books, academic supplementary materials, children’s books. English and Chinese
Business enquiries Kathy Low
Business Director
kathy@casco.com.sg
Average number of titles published annually
50+
Approximate number of titles in print
600+
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English Corner Publishing Pte Ltd Company Reg No: 200717305N
Betty Tan
Managing Director
Blk 1003 Bukit Merah Central #03-05, INNO Centre, Singapore 159836 Tel: +65 6225 5770
www.englishcorner.sg
Fax: +65 6377 0890
TM
(Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore)
(Hong Kong & Taiwan)
(China)
Founded
1992 IN Hong Kong as a Bookseller, 2002 incorporated English Corner Publishing in Singapore to publish the ONLY science comic in Singapore and the FIRST newspaper gathering World News Current Affairs and many more, news that speak to children and a language they understand.
Main areas of interest
Publishing science comic - The Science Adventures - for children ages 5 to 12 years and Children’s newspapers - the News Bites
Principal languages published
English and Chinese
Business enquiries Betty Tan
betty@englishcorner.sg
Koh Rhian Shi
rhian@englishcorner.sg
Jevin Lim
jevin@englishcorner.sg
Managing Director
Sales and Marketing Manager
Senior Manager, IT & Media
Average number of titles published annually Approximate number of titles in print Overseas offices
50 800 Hong Kong, Ireland and Malaysia
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JSIM Education Pte Ltd Company Reg No: 201631345E
80 Playfair Road #05-07 Blk A Kapo Factory Singapore Singapore 367998
Jaye Sim
Director
Tel: +65 6280 2713
enquiry@jsimeducation.com.sg www.jsimeducation.com.sg Founded 2016 Jaye Sim Director
Main areas of interest
Principal languages published
JSIM Education Pte Ltd represents major international Publishers like TIME, FORTUNE, The Economist, Reader’s Digest and many more. We also provide English and Chinese reading materials and activities books. Our aim is to help readers to cultivate a lifetime reading habits so that we could enrich their life mind and soul. We also specialised in educational program tailored to develop and enhance students’ skills with the activities worksheets, examples and illustrations together with teacher’s guide and answer to facilitate their learning process. Our motto: I Think I Read I Write! 沈氏书局提供英文和中文阅读材料和活动书籍，我们的目标是协助读者培养终身阅 的习惯，以丰富其思想和灵魂。我们还特别制定了教育计划，通过活动工作表，案例和 插图以及教师指南来培养以及提高学生的技能，强化他们的学习过程
English, Chinese and Malay
Business enquiries Raymond Chow
enquiry@jsimeducation.com.sg
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Educotionol Programme Specialist
We are the publisher for the BBC Earth Magazine (Asia Edition). We represent TIME, Fortune, Forbes, The Economist, Reader's Digest, SPH, WMG Pte Ltd, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Edge, Etutor, and EduReach.
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Marshall Cavendish Education Yeoh Cheng Poh Education, Head Marshall Cavendish Education
Founded Yeoh Cheng Poh
Times Centre, 1 New Industrial Road, Singapore 536196 Tel: +65 6213 9300 marketing@mceducation.com www.mceducation.com 1968 cpyeoh@mceducation.com
Education, Head
Lim Soon Jinn
sjlim@mceducation.com
Commercial & Digital Solutions Head
Principal languages published
14 languages such as English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil, and more
Parent company
Times Publishing Limited (Fraser and Neave, Limited is the parent company of Times Publishing Limited)
Overseas offices
China, Chile, Hong Kong, Thailand and US.
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NUS Press Pte Ltd Company Reg No: 2003-05163-N
Peter Schoppert Director
AS3-01-02, 3 Arts Link National University of Singapore Singapore 117569 Tel: +65 6776 1148
Fax: +65 6774 0652
nusbooks@nus.edu.sg
www.nuspress.nus.edu.sg Founded Singapore University Press 1971; NUS Press 2006 Peter Schoppert Director
Main areas of interest Principal languages published Average number of titles published annually
schoppert@nus.edu.sg Scholarly and trade books, electronic resources and academic journals, with a focus on the social sciences and humanities English 30
Approximate number of titles in print
700
Approximate number of digital contents
200
Parent company
National University of Singapore
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Star Publishing Pte Ltd Company Reg No: 200210625K
Frederick Seow
Managing Director
Blk 115A Commonwealth Drive Tanglin Halt Industrial Estate, #05-12 Singapore 149596 Tel: +65 6479 6800
contactus@starpub.com.sg www.starpub.com.sg Founded 2002 Frederick Seow Managing Director
Main areas of interest Principal languages published Business enquiries Average number of titles published annually Approximate number of titles in print
zmeng@starpub.com.sg Textbook publishing and curriculum materials. English, Chinese & Malay contactus@starpub.com.sg 50 1,000
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Chips and Toon Pte Ltd Company Reg No: 200701455R
1 Irving Place, #06-03, The Commerze@Irving Singapore 369546 Tel: +65 6386 8653
darrankuah@chipsandtoon.com www.chipsandtoon.com Founded 2006 Darran Kuah CEO
Main areas of interest
Principal languages published Average number of titles published annually
darrankuah@chipsandtoon.com Chips and Toon specialises in original content creation for TV and Web Animation. The studio collaborates with content creators to deliver their content beyond book publishing. Be it a short web animation, animated mobile app or TV animation series, there are various options that we can explore to extend the exposure of your IP. English 1-2
Business enquiries Darran Kuah
darrankuah@chipsandtoon.com
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Ilovereading.sg Pte Ltd Company Reg No: 200906725K
Nikson Low
Founder and Publisher
629 Aljunied Road #03-09, Cititech Industrial Building Singapore 389838 Tel: +65 9007 8361
Fax: +65 6744 9233
enquiries@ilovereading.sg www.ilovereading.sg
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BEYOND BOUNDARIES
Founded 2009 Nikson Low
Founder & Publisher
Main areas of interest
niksonlow@ilovereading.sg Publishing, Magazine Subscriptions Education Publishing Reading Programmes for schools Programmes: We provide supplementary reading materials to pre-schools, primary, secondary, international schools and junior colleges. We are able to customise your reading needs with a full range of publications.
Principal languages published Publishers represented
Business enquiries
English English Corner Publishing Pte Ltd, Experiences & Experiments Books Pte Ltd, International Expression, Just English Sdn Bhd, Reader’s Digest Asia Pte Ltd, The Economist, Think Tank Publishing, WMG Pte Ltd, Yazhou Zhoukan, Story Time. niksonlow@ilovereading.sg
Average number of titles published annually
30
Approximate number of titles in print
80
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Marshall Cavendish International Company Reg No: 199602260D
Times Centre, 1 New Industrial Road, Singapore 536196
Ethel Tan
General Manager
Tel: +65 6213 9300
Fax: +65 6285 4871
genrefsales@sg.marshallcavendish.com www.marshallcavendish.com
Founded
(General Manager)
Principal languages published Average number of titles published annually Approximate number of titles in print Parent company
1968 etheltan@sg.marshallcavendish.com melvinneo@sg.marshallcavendish.com
English 100 >1,000 Times Publishing Limited (Fraser and Neave, Limited is the parent company of Times Publishing Limited).
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Pustaka Nasional Pte Ltd Company Reg No: 197901976G
Syed Ali Bin Ahmad Semait
Managing Director
Blk 1001, Eunos Ave 8, #02-06 Singapore 409496 Tel: +65 6745 4321
enquiry@pustaka.com.sg www.pustaka.com.sg
www.pustaka.com.sg/kedai (online bookstore) Founded 1963 Syed Ali Semait Director
Main areas of interest Principal languages published Imprints Publishers represented Business enquiries Average number of titles published annually
pustakanasional@me.com Publishing and distribution of Malay language publications Malay, English and Arabic Pustaka Nasional Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka enquiry@pustaka.com.sg
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Approximate number of titles in print
800
Approximate number of digital contents
120
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Kitaab International Pte Ltd Company Reg No: 201307276M
100 Peck Seah Street #08-14 Singapore 079333 Tel: +65 8779 3510
zafaranjum@kitaabinternational.com www.kitaab.org
Founded Zafar Anjum Main areas of interest Principal languages published Imprints Business enquiries
2013 zafaranjum@kitaabinternational.com Fiction, poetry, young adult literature, management, self-help, spirituality and criticism English, Hindi and Urdu Kitaab, Kitaab Junior, Simurg zafaranjum@kitaabinternational.com
Average number of titles published annually
8
Approximate number of titles in print
100
Overseas offices
India
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