VDM Publishing
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| Available in | English, German, Spanish, Russian, French |
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Saarbrücken |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Dr Wolfgang Philipp Müller |
| Key people | Marta Lusena CEOThorsten Ohm former CEO |
| Industry | Publishing |
| Employees | 70 (2007) |
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Publishing houses: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Palmarium Academic Publishing, Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften, Verlag Classic Edition, EUE Editions Universitaires Européennes, Doyen Verlag, Fromm Verlag, Saarbrücker Verlag für Rechtswissenschaften, Alphascript Publishing Betascript Publishing Fastbook Publishing Service industries: International Book Market Service Ltd. formerly named VDM Publishing House Ltd. VDM Verlagservicegsellschaft mbH, VDM IT-Dienstleistungen, MoreBooks! Publishing GmbH, VDM Verwaltung Aktiengesellschaft |
| Website | omniscriptum.com |
Omniscriptum Publishing Group is a German publishing group based in Saarbrücken, Germany, with offices in Argentina,Latvia, Mauritius and Moldova. Its book production is based on print on demand technology.
OmniScriptum's imprints—Alphascript, Betascript, Fastbook Publishing and Doyen Verlag— specialize in publishing and selling theses, research notes, and dissertations in printed form via print on demand, in e-commerce bookstores. Alphascript distributes publications through several on-line book retailers.
Most of the books are printed by Amazon.com. As of November 2010, around 150,000 such titles have been produced. In June 2010, OMS started its own online-bookshop: MoreBooks! Publishing.
Omniscriptum's publishing methods have been questioned for the soliciting of manuscripts from individuals, for providing authors with the appearance of a peer-reviewed publishing history. Omniscriptum responds that it is a valuable, quality resource, that the company has no problem asking authors for content, that buyers are informed of where information comes from, that books are a convenient form to collect articles about interesting subjects, and that its customers are satisfied with Omniscriptum's products. OmniScriptum is designated as non-scientific by the Norwegian Scientific Index.
The first publishing house of the group was founded in Düsseldorf in 2002 by Dr. Wolfgang Philipp Müller, and transferred to Saarbrücken in August 2005. The Mauritian office was established in April 2007 and was managed from 2008 up until May 2011 by David Benoit Novel; since June 2011, this office is directed by Reezwan Ghanty.
In 2007, the group began distributing its publications through Lightning Source,Amazon, and the German company Books on Demand.
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