John Cox Associates Ltd

John Cox Associates celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2008.  It provides management consultancy services to the educational, academic, scholarly and professional publishing and library communities internationally.  It concentrates on the management of change in publishing, especially the commercial and organisational issues that arise as publishing moves from manufacturing and distributing printed books and journals to providing information services to an online marketplace that is complex and rapidly developing.

Our international client list contains commercial, university press and society publishers, publishing service providers, trade associations and a variety of libraries and library consortia.  No client is too large or too small.  Our list ranges from the largest blue chip companies to small publishers seeking advice on the best ways to use their scarce resources.  The objective of each assignment is to share knowledge and expertise with the client, and create solutions that fit the client's particular needs.

Our services include:

  • Organisation and corporate governance of publishing organisations
  • Strategic planning in scholarly and research publishing
  • Operational and financial business reviews
  • Market analysis and competition research
  • Mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures
  • Packaging, presentation and sales to international academic, corporate and public library markets
  • Content management including:
    • Appropriate management structure
    • Organization of sales activity
    • Pricing models
    • Terms and conditions of use, and licensing terms

We are currently undertaking the ALPSP Scholarly Book and eBook Publishing Practice Survey. For more information please see the ALPSP Website page, if you would like to participate in the survey, please click here for the online version.

John Cox Associates had input in the Consortium Purchasing Directory: Edition IV, published by Frontline GMS, for further information and pricing please contact John Cox or click on the link above.

John Cox is a shareholder in Accucoms, a provider of sales and marketing services including telemarketing, sales representation and support, market research and customer service. For further information please see the Accucoms website.