ÉLAN BOOK

Integrated Framework

The ÉLAN Framework™ provides a common platform for all of our software modules, making it simple and cost-effective to integrate your entire enterprise. Framework components include:

CRM & Sales Prospecting Better service your customers and prospects with fully integrated, industry-specific Customer Relationship Management, Sales Prospecting and Analysis tools...more...

General Ledger Maintain complex single and multi-company enterprise requirements with our integrated General Ledger package...more...

Accounts Payable Manage payables as an integrated extension of our financial systems...more...

Fixed Assets Support your balance sheet with flexible equipment and property inventory asset management...more...

Functional Overview

ÉLAN BOOK™ provides comprehensive support for book publishing and fulfillment operations. Components and options include:

Book Publishing Overview Find the right solution for your business needs...more...

Rights & Royalties Manage complex royalties contracts with multiple contributors, cross-collateralization, fractional content, payments based on cash and accrual, statements...more...

Production & Job Costing Track and manage time and cost based production jobs from estimates through actuals...more...

Order Processing Support the most complex pricing and discount arrangement from contract, through order processing and pick, pack and ship...more...

E-Commerce Bring your system to the internet, with integrated web features for product information, sales and customer self-service...more...

Inventory & Warehouse Management Manage ONIX-compliant product inventory by layer and location, across multiple warehouses, on consignment...more...

Electonric Data Interchange Integrated order processing with business partners, including Electronic Invoices, Purchase Orders, Acknowledgements...more...

Customer Self-Service Help your customers help themselves...more...

A/R & Collections Manage credit and collection in high volume transaction environments...more...

The Latest with BOOK

David Bull Publishing Gives the Green Light for Cat’s Pajamas David Bull Publishing has selected The Cat’s Pajamas software to manage their small book publishing business. Details of the agreement will provide... More

Software Upgrade for Critical Thinking The Critical Thinking Co., based in Seaside California, has elected to upgrade their CISPUB 8 system. The company has agreed to... More

Well-Known Educational Publisher Turns a New Page Rosen Publishing of New York City has signed a deal to upgrade their current Cat’s Pajamas system to version 5.0. This upgrade will include the... More

Eerdmans Publishing Co. to Implement Élan Framework William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company of Grand Rapids Michigan has arranged to upgrade their current version of CISPUB to integrate with the... More

Llewellyn Selects New Rights and Royalties System Llewellyn Worldwide, a leading publisher of New Age books and related products, has signed a deal with The Media Services Group to implement... More

Progressive Book Club Selects Élan Book Progressive Book Club (PBC) of New York City has selected Élan to manage their accounting and inventory management needs. Details of the agreement provide for... More

Loyola Press Inks Deal for Rights and Royalties Software Loyola Press, a Catholic publisher located in Chicago, Illinois, has selected The Media Service Group’s Élan™ Rights and Royalties to replace their... More

New ASP Hosting Facility Comes Online The Media Services Group is proud to announce the opening of a 3rd software hosting facility located in London. The new facility will... More

New Warehouse Management System Announced for Élan The Media Services Group has finalized a partnership agreement with Wright Business Solutions, a Wisconsin-based Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) software developer, to embed their WMS applications into the... More

PRO-ED to Implement Élan SQL Framework PRO-ED Inc, a publisher based in Austin Texas, is scheduled to implement the Élan SQL Framework atop their current CISPUB applications. The move will allow PRO-ED to take advantage of... More

Art Publisher Completes Cat's Upgrade New York Graphic Society (NYGS), a Cat’s Pajamas customer, recently completed the upgrade to Release 4.1. As part of the upgrade, NYGS also worked with... More

Catholic Press Moves to SQL Framework Liturgical Press, a well-known catholic publisher based in Collegeville Minnesota, has elected to implement the integrated Élan Framework. As an upgrade to their... More

Visual Arts Education Publisher Migrates to SQL Server Davis Publications, an educational publisher in Worcester Massachusetts, has reached an agreement with The Media Services Group to upgrade to the Élan SQL Framework. Details of the... More

Longtime CISPUB Customer Upgrades to SQL Framework Jones and Bartlett Publishers, an independent publisher headquartered in Sudbury Massachusetts, has opted to implement The Media Services Group's SQL... More

New Analysis System Announced for Élan The Media Services Group has finalized a partnership agreement with On Demand Analysis, a Portland-based Business Intelligence software developer, to embed their BI applications into the... More

Christian Publishers Unite on New Software Platform CFM Religion Publishing Group, the Cincinnati-based company formerly known as Standard Publishing, has selected The Media Services Group's Élan product to integrate their expanding... More

University Press Upgrades Journal Management Indiana University Press, a leading academic publisher specializing in the humanities and social sciences, has reached a deal with The Media Services Group to implement the... More

Cat's Deep in the Heart of Texas The Texas State Historical Association, headquartered in Austin, has purchased a Cat's Pajamas system for their... More

Catholic Publisher Opts for Hosted Élan Implementation Ignatius Press, a California-based Catholic publisher, has reached an agreement to implement Élan framework using Book, Circ and the... More

User Group 2007: Hot in More Ways Than One On the heels of our latest major software release, Élan 7.0 and introducing a number of new modules, industry partnerships and session formats - there was... More

ABC-CLIO selects integrated Élan system ABC-CLIO, a well known publisher of educational and reference products, has reached an agreement with The Media Services Group to implement the integrated... More

4 new contracts signed for Cat's Pajamas software The Media Services Group is delighted to welcome 4 new customers... More

Media Services Announces Internet Strategies Partnership with Veridean Together the companies will provide a complete set of tools, integration services and strategic guidance to publishers seeking to expand and... More

Media Services Opens Office in Brazil The Media Services Group recently announced the opening of a new office in Brazil. Based in the city of São Paulo, MSG Brazil will sell... More

Media Services acquires Cat's Pajamas Terms of the acquisition, which closed on January 24, 2007, provide for... More

ÉLAN Release Announced Media Services is proud to announce the next major release of our integrated suite of business software applications, ÉLAN 7.0.... More

ÉLAN CRM Released We are proud to announce the pre-release of ÉLAN CRM, our next generation solution for... More

New Membership Module The Media Services Group announces the release of ÉLAN Membership, a new extension of the ÉLAN publishing system for membership-based associations and... More

ÉLAN Rights and Royalties We are proud to announce the pre-release of ÉLAN Rights and Royalties, our next generation, browser-native application for Intellectual... More

New Browser-based Report Automation We are pleased to announce the pre-release of the browser-native Report Process... More