Better World Books and Alibris Report Wildly Successful Partnership Out of the Gate

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) January 26, 2010

Better World Books announces today that its recent partnership with Alibris, the largest independently owned and operated marketplace for sellers of new and used books, has already generated over $ 1.5 million in book sales for Alibriss independent sellers of new and used books. The success, the result of just six months of collaboration, far exceeds projections.

Alibris primary objective is generating and increasing sales for our independent sellers worldwide, said Brian Elliott, president and CEO of Alibris. By partnering with Better World Books, we knew we could bring the used books that are listed for sale by our sellers to many more eager shoppers, but we never anticipated this level of success in such a short period.

The Alibris marketplace features more than 100 million items and specializes in new, out-of-print, rare, hard-to-find, and used books. The partnership makes Alibris extensive inventory available through the BetterWorldBooks.com website, offering more used books to a wider group of consumers than ever before. Better World Books, a for-profit venture, collects and sells new and used books online, donating a percentage of each sale to help fund literacy initiatives worldwide.

The recent collaboration with Better World Books has significantly impacted the number of books weve been able to sell through Alibris, said Ana Arduz of Supertextbook Online, an Alibris seller. By tapping Better Worlds well-established and user-friendly platform, weve been able to successfully attract new customers in huge numbers. We look forward to continuing to reap the rewards generated from this partnership.

Alibris new, out-of-print, and used books, combined with the three million books available in Better Worlds Mishawaka, Indiana warehouse, form a comprehensive catalog of books to suit a full spectrum of needs. All books purchased on the Better World Books websiteincluding those from Alibris booksellershelp to fund high-impact literacy programs in the USA and around the world, such as Books for Africa and the National Center for Family Literacy.

Alibris is well-known and respected throughout the used book industry, and were really pleased with the results of this fruitful new collaboration, David Murphy, CEO of Better World Books said. Together weve helped so many booklovers and booksellers come together and offer an even farther-reaching exchange of used books.

About Better World Books:

Better World Books (http://www.BetterWorldBooks.com) is a for-profit social enterprise that collects and sells books online with each sale generating funds for literacy initiatives in the U.S. and around the world. With more than three million new and used titles in stock, Better World Books is a self-sustaining company that balances the social, economic and environmental values of its stakeholders. Better World Books diverts books from landfills by conducting book drives on 1,800 college campuses, and by collecting discards from over 1,800 libraries. Since its founding in 2003, the Mishawaka, Ind.-based company has raised $ 6.5 million for its non-profit literacy, library and college partners; donated over 1.3 million college textbooks; diverted more than 25 million pounds of books from landfills; achieved over 9,000 tons of carbon offsets through carbon-neutral shipping, and created more than 200 full-time jobs with meaningful benefits.

ABOUT ALIBRIS

Alibris is the premiere online destination for new and used books, music items, and movies, as well as rare and out-of-print titles. We connect people who love books, music, and movies to the best independent sellers from 45 countries around the world. Our proprietary technology and advanced logistics allow us to offer more than 100 million used, new, and out-of-print titles to consumers, libraries, and retailers, which include Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Blackwell U.K., Books-A-Million, Borders, Chapters Indigo, and Half.com. Founded in 1998 and acquired by Oak Hill Capital Partners in 2006, Alibris was named a "Fast 50" and a "Technology Fast 500" growth business by Deloitte in 2005. Alibris is a registered trademark. For media inquiries, please contact pr (at) alibris (dot) com.

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Artificial Grass Turf Installation Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 27, 2011

The outlook for the Artificial Grass Turf Installation industry is largely positive, with growth expected to pick up relative to that of the previous five years, according to a new report from IBISWorld, the nations largest publisher of industry research. As demand from residential and non-residential construction markets picks up and consumer and businesses continue to seek ways to reduce water usage and maintenance costs of their lawns and green spaces, artificial turf and grass installations are expected to increase significantly. Although construction markets are expected to remain relatively weak through 2012, revenue is expected to jump 9.9%. With increased construction activity, greater funding for schools and a generally strengthening economy over the five years to 2016, industry revenue is projected to grow at an annualized rate of 12.3% to $ 1.2 billion.

According to IBISWorld analyst, Brian Bueno, the Artificial Grass Turf Installation industry surfed through the recession, aided by rapidly growing demand for its products due to advancements in quality and cost reduction efforts by sports venues, cities, homeowners and schools. In fact, revenue declined only once 2.0% in 2009 due to especially tough economic conditions, says Bueno. Even though continued weaknesses in construction markets and pressures on school budgets have limited growth over the five years to 2011, revenue has increased 5.7% per year on average. Rapid adoption of artificial grass and turf will help push revenue up 6.5% to $ 648.5 million in 2011.

According to the Southern Nevada Water Authority, every square foot of natural grass replaced with artificial grass saves an estimated 55 gallons of water per year. Beyond water use reductions, artificial grass and turf can also save on green space maintenance costs and reduce pollution caused by fertilizers and landscaping equipment. Major marketing efforts by industry firms have helped increase adoption of artificial grass and turf, educating customers on the cost and environmental benefits of industry products. The residential market is one of the fastest-growing sources of industry revenue, particularly as cities impose harsher restrictions on water usage and increase water consumption rates. Cities and states have also offered tax credits and rebates for residents and businesses that replace natural grass and turf with synthetic alternatives.

The deterioration of the residential and non-residential construction markets stifled revenue growth over the previous five years. Although consumers with sufficient income to invest in home improvements supported demand for artificial grass, overall residential demand will hit its stride over the next five years. In particular, new home construction is expected to grow robustly in the latter part of 2012 and through 2016. Growing demand from rising construction activity will also boost revenue growth, rising at an average annual rate of 12.3% to $ 1.2 billion over the five years to 2016. With rising installation activity, industry employment is forecast to increase 12.7% per year on average to 15,152, faster than employment growth in similar industries (e.g. flooring installation).

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World Video Conferencing Market to Reach US$14 Billion by 2017, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) November 09, 2011

Follow us on LinkedIn - Although there has been a lot of clamor over the potential of enterprise videoconferencing in the past few years, only recently did the technology wield an impact on the corporate world with businesses integrating the technology into the very fabric of business communications and processes. With the introduction of Apples FaceTime, YouTube, and Skype video call, video conferencing has taken on a sophisticated note and the trend is only accelerating with vendors actively collaborating on the technological and research front. Factors driving adoption and usage of the technology are productivity, quality, and level of engagement per interaction over video, all of which have increased in the past few years epitomized by high-end telepresence systems.

Long-term trends poised to influence the video conferencing market include increasing use of telepresence, and the anticipated increased interoperability between different network and video products. Clients are becoming more aware of the impact that telepresence can have on performance and enterprise communication infrastructure, and are looking for a greater return on their video investments. With the advancement of enterprise communications, end users have increased the expectations from telepresence solutions to not only provide seamless operations with their existing enterprise communications and video systems, but also interlace with other visual solutions much beyond the corporate boundaries.

Following the decline in sales during 2008 & 2009, primarily due to the economic recession, the global video conferencing market staged an encouraging comeback in the year 2010. Huge pent-up demand for cost and productivity optimizing solutions and resurgence in enterprise spending primarily helped market recover from the recessionary blues. Resurgence in business activity, renewed focus on cost savings exerted by post recession cost wary companies, growing mobility of businesses, increasing number of mobile workforce and greenfield deployments among small-and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), are all factors, which will drive growth in the market over the next few years. The managed video conferencing services offering from vendors is also likely to enhance penetration levels as underserved SMB sector moves towards adopting this particular technology. Additionally, the market will also be boosted by fast-paced technology developments and innovations that are helping achieve improved video and audio quality. For instance, high definition video conferencing addresses, which are capable of addressing issues such as poor quality of sound and image resolution will encourage utilization and adoption rate of video conferencing among end-users. The market will also be driven by emergence of new application areas for video conferencing such as recruitments, and use in home office segment.

As stated by the new market research report on Video Conferencing, the US continues to remain the largest regional market worldwide. Asia-Pacific remains the fastest growing regional market, surging at a CAGR of 8.9% over the analysis period. Demand for video conferencing in Asia-Pacific market will be especially driven by robust growth in regional enterprise sector, and subsequent development in IP infrastructure, especially in emerging markets such as China and India. Video Conferencing Services represents the most prominent segment, growing at a CAGR of about 7.3% over the analysis period.

Key players profiled in the report include Alcatel-Lucent SA, AT&T Inc., Avaya, Inc., BT Conferencing, Cisco Systems, Inc, TANDBERG, VCON, Global Crossing Limited, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, Logitech International S.A., Polycom, Inc., RADVISION Ltd, Sony Electronics, Inc., Sprint, Verizon Business, VTEL Products Corporation Inc., West Corporation, InterCall, Inc., and ZTE Corporation.

The research report titled Video Conferencing: A Global Strategic Business Report announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of market trends, drivers, issues company profiles, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. The report provides market estimates and projections in (US$ ) for US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific, and Latin America, among others. Market segments analyzed in the report include Video Conferencing Systems (IP Systems, and ISDN Systems), and Video Conferencing Services (IP Services, ISDN Services, and Other Services).

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Global Market for Mobile Video Services to Reach US$30 Billion by 2017, According to New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

San Jose, CA (PRWEB) November 09, 2011

Follow us on LinkedIn - Entertainment services over mobile devices potentially generate several billions of dollars for service providers, worldwide. Despite the fact that ringback tones and ringtones continue to be substantial revenue generators for mobile service providers, other services such as gaming, full-track music, video and TV services are emerging as lucrative market segments. Buoyed by the huge demand for data communications from mobile users in both business and consumer markets, content providers, right from independent content developers to large-scale movie studios are beginning to develop applications, music, games movies and videos especially for mobile devices. Not surprisingly the use of mobile devices is extending beyond the traditional communication functions to embrace novel concepts such as mobile videos, and games. Mobile video segment especially is gaining tremendous popularity over the last few years. Despite being a small market, mobile video services continues to grow, with video-on-demand, video telephony and video messaging capturing a significant share of the markets revenue. With Internet providing a large number of video services, and service providers increasingly willing to offer these services on mobile devices, video is rapidly making inroads into the mobile arena across the geographies.

The impact of the 2007-2009 recession, in retrospect, reveals a market that has withstood the recessionary pressures largely as a result of the continued growth in sales of mobile video capable smartphones and increase in the number of phones supporting 3G and other faster networks based on High Speed Packet Access (HSPA). Consumer interest on downloading and streaming mobile video and mobile TV content remained largely unchanged during the recession period, proving that quality entertainment was left uncompromised even amidst tight economic conditions.

Consumer spending on choicest of mobile videos largely remained intact despite the witnessed reduction in household wealth, low consumer confidence, reduced discretionary spending, and lower new application development efforts. In other words, served right on to consumer handsets, mobile video services allow users to cut down traveling expenses and provide an alternative to other expensive entertainment options, such as, public movie screenings and live sports action and therefore are best for entertainment in a weak economy. Continued interest shown by wireless carriers on data centric services, particularly for utilizing their networks optimally and improving their ARPU by offering value added content to cost conscious customers, also boosted prospects for mobile video services market during the period, as the same resulted in increased promotional activity and more attractive pricing options for mobile TV and video services. With mobile users graduating towards a richer, and more sophisticated mobile experience, the market for video delivery has and will continue to remain opportunity-rich, and dynamic.

Growth in the market, although stabilizing, will nevertheless be driven by introduction of novel video services, particularly the highly popular content on YouTube and growing adoption of live TV services such as live news, weather forecasts and music programs. Improvements in quality of content, content protection and delivery frameworks are expected to boost market prospects for mobile video services over the next few years. Increased use of mobile videos by companies as a platform to advertise their products and services augur well for the market. Widespread availability of sophisticated mobile devices supporting mobile video downloads and streaming and ongoing deployment of advanced mobile networks will also boost the adoption and consumer spending on various mobile video services.

Introduction of economical and flexible data plans by service providers will attract many new users to the market, thereby increasing revenue making opportunities. Widespread deployment and availability of 3G mobile network infrastructures across the world will continue to drive adoption of video services over mobile. With mobile network operators making active efforts to move towards 4G technology, which promise faster connectivity, higher bandwidth and superior capabilities and enable the service providers to offer a range of video services to mobile users, the popularity of mobile video services is expected to increase further.

As stated by the new market research report on Mobile Video Services, Asia-Pacific represents the largest regional market worldwide. Asia-Pacific is also the largest regional market for mobile video services in terms of subscription. Rapid proliferation of 3G enabled handsets, introduction of 3G services in major nations such as China, and India and growing popularity of mobile video services such as mobile video sharing, mobile video communication and mobile TV are primary factors driving accelerated adoption of mobile video services in these markets. Streaming Services represent the largest service segment in the US mobile video services market. Growth in the market is particularly driven by increased advertising of subscription-based streaming video services in the nation. Multicast Video Services market represent the fastest growing service segment in the US mobile video services market with revenue waxing at a CAGR of about 38.7% over the analysis period.

Major players in the marketplace include AT&T, Dialogic Corporation, Dilithium, Google Inc., MobiTV Inc., Nokia Corporation, PacketVideo Corporation, Phunware Inc., Qualcomm Incorporated, QuickPlay Media, RealNetworks Inc., ROK Broadcasting Corporation Limited, Sprint, Verizon Wireless Inc., Vuclip, and Yamgo.

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