PCG appoints new sales representative to support the growth of University of California Press' European business
Oxford, UK, February 26, 2008Publishers Communication Group (PCG), the leading provider of market intelligence and sales services to the scholarly information community, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Andrew Allan to represent the University of California Press in Europe. Andrew will take on responsibility for growing UC Press’ journals and digital content business in the UK and in western and southern Europe, and for providing personal service to the ever-increasing list of UC Press customers in these regions.
Andrew joins PCG from Emerald Group Publishing, where he was responsible for sales and account management in the Latin American and Caribbean regions. He speaks four languages and has considerable experience working with libraries and selling English language publications in overseas markets, including previous roles at Nelson Thornes and Macmillan-Heinemann ELT.
"University of California Press is delighted to have Andrew Allan join us as our representative for the UK and Western and Southern Europe,” says Rebecca Simon, Associate Director, University of California Press and Director, Journals and Digital Publishing Division. “Andrew's considerable experience and knowledge of the serials market will greatly assist UC Press's initiatives in these regions. We are very pleased to be able to offer our international customers a dedicated local contact and have the utmost confidence in Andrew's ability to represent us in the region."
“PCG is respected for its comprehensive understanding of the institutional library market,” adds PCG’s Director of Content Sales Claire Ginn Winthrop. “We’re very pleased to be strengthening our team with another pro-active and multi-skilled sales expert, and we look forward to raising the profile of UC Press’ high-calibre content within our comprehensive network of librarian contacts.”
Andrew Allan will be based in the UK and can be reached on +44 113 255 1460 or andrew.allan@ucpress.edu.
About PCG
Publishers Communication Group, Inc. is a full-service marketing and sales consulting firm with locations in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Oxford, England. PCG was established in 1989 as a resource for scholarly publishers to more effectively work with the global library market. PCG offers qualitative and quantitative marketing research, international multi-lingual telemarketing services, UK- and US-based customer services operations, sales representation, and strategic consulting.
About the University of California Press
University of California Press produces 35 journals annually, including the award-winning journals, Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, Contexts: Understanding People in Their Social Worlds, Social Problems, and The Auk. One of the oldest scholarly publishers in the United States, UC Press commands a distinctive repertoire of periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, with concentrations in anthropology, history, sociology, cultural studies, law, and area studies. For additional information, visit http://www.ucpressjournals.com.