Packt
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Founded | 2003 |
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Founder | David Maclean,Rachel Maclean |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Headquarters location | Birmingham |
Publication types | Books |
Nonfiction topics | Technology |
Revenue | £18.4m (2018) |
Official website | www |
Packtis a publishing company founded in 2003 and headquartered inBirmingham, UK,with offices inMumbai, India.[1][2][3]
Packt primarily publishes print and electronic books and videos relating to information technology, includingprogramming,web design,data analysis,andhardware.
History
[edit]Founded in 2003[1]by David andRachel Maclean,[4]Packt Publishing provides books, eBooks, video tutorials, and articles for software engineers, web developers, system administrators, and users. The company states that it supports and publishes books on smaller projects and subjects that standard publishing companies cannot make profitable. The company's business model, which involves print-on-demand publishing and selling direct, enables it to make money selling books with lower unit sales. This business model aims to give authors high royalty rates and the opportunity to write on topics that standard publishers tend to avoid.[citation needed]
In 2018, Packt's revenue reached 18.4 million pounds, a 28% increase over the previous year, attributed to increased market share over the period.[5]
In 2019, Packt stated it had published 6,500[6]books over its 16 years of operation.
Books
[edit]Packt offers printed version of their books shipped toEurope,North Americaand selected Asian countries. In addition, they offer PDF versions of all of their books for download and in August 2010 began offering them in ePub and Mobi format. These eBooks were made free fromdigital rights managementin March 2009.[7]Packt books are also available via thePerlegoplatform, while some (but not all) are accessible on theSafari Books Onlinesystem.[8][9]
Packt Enterprise and Packt Open Source
[edit]In April 2010, Packt launched two new brands, Packt Enterprise and Packt Open Source,[10]with the release ofMicrosoft Silverlight4 Data and Services Cookbook and Moodle 1.9 Theme Design.[10]Packt Enterprise focuses on technologies produced by businesses for use in other corporations, while Packt Open Source focuses on technologies built aroundopen source licences.
These two brands do not encompass all of Packt's books, and it will continue to publish into areas which are not necessarily classifiable asopen sourceor enterprise[11]
Open source project royalties
[edit]Packt supports and promotesopen sourceprojects and concepts. When a book written on an open source project is sold, Packt pays a royalty directly to that project. This scheme has resulted in the company providing sustainable revenues to many of the open source projects since 2004.[12]
In March 2011, following its 'Believe in Open Source campaign' Packt announced that its donations to Open Source projects have surpassed the $300,000 mark.[13]
References
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- ^"Our Mumbai Office - PACKT Books".packtpub.
- ^"Our Birmingham Office - PACKT Books".packtpub.
- ^"Rachel Maclean: Tory who suggested Brits work longer had high-flying bank and business career".Mirror.16 May 2022.Retrieved7 July2022.
- ^"PACKT PUBLISHING LIMITED - Filing history (free information from Companies House)".beta panieshouse.gov.uk.Retrieved4 February2020.
- ^"Packt | Programming Books, eBooks & Videos for Developers".packtpub.Retrieved4 February2020.
- ^Packt Publishing removes DRM from their eBooksArchived2009-03-17 at theWayback Machine
- ^"Safari to make Packt titles available online". Information today. June 2008.
- ^"Perlego".perlego.
- ^abPackt Enterprise and Packt Open Source Have LaunchedArchived2010-04-30 at theWayback Machine
- ^What About Other Packt Books?Archived2010-04-26 at theWayback Machine
- ^"Packt Publishing Open Source CMS Award 2006: Vote Textpattern!",http://txpmag /article/packt-publishing-open-source-cms-award-2006-vote-textpattern,TXP Magazine, August 2006
- ^"Packt Publishing Believes in Open Source, Donates Over $300K to Projects",http:// linuxtoday /infrastructure/2011030900335OSBZCY[dead link]