Released on = May 13, 2007, 11:50 pm

Press Release Author = ValueNotes

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Press Release Summary = Recent findings from a detailed study on publishing
offshoring indicate that industry revenues for Indian offshoring stand at $440
million in 2006. At an estimated growth rate of 35% per annum till 2010, the
industry will be worth $1.46 billion by 2010.

Press Release Body = The publishing offshoring space in India comprises over 100
vendors of various sizes, which employed around 26,000 people in 2006. The number of
employees is expected to reach 74,000 in 2010.

This recent study is an update on the publishing outsourcing report published by
ValueNotes in 2005. The study has focused on the key publishing segments:
STM/Academic, Educational and Legal Publishing as these form the bulk of offshoring
to India.

A vast majority, or 96% of the India-based vendors have capabilities to service the
STM/Academic publishing segment. About 56% and 39% of the vendors have the
capability to handle educational publishing and legal publishing respectively. The
range of offshored services includes: Editorial, Data (operations), Design, Training
and IT. Each of these has achieved varying levels of offshoring maturity, which is
analysed in detail in the report. In the Indian offshoring space, the strongest
capability is within the Operations space, followed by Editorial services.

Revenues of the Publishing outsourcing industry have grown faster than estimated and
employees have grown slightly slower than estimated in the previous report.
According to Arun Jethmalani, CEO of ValueNotes, "This demonstrates the increasing
level of automation and shift to higher value services, which has helped Indian
publishing vendors grow revenues faster than headcount." Adds Aradhana Kolhatkar,
analyst and co-author of the report, "Going forward, newer high-growth niches in
educational and legal segments will continue to provide opportunities for vendors to
enhance their revenue mix towards higher value services."

The ValueNotes report: "Offshoring in the Publishing Vertical: An Update" provides
an in-depth information and analysis of the Indian vendor space along with vendor
profiles of all major and upcoming players in the STM/Academic, Educational and
Legal Publishing segments.


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framework providing fresh insights into the fast emerging and yet, complex
outsourcing space. We extensively track the outsourcing space in-depth through a
regular analysis of news and events and continuous primary research and contact with
the industry.

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