© 2017 Tizra Inc. 9 Catalpa Rd., Providence, RI 02906 • 401 400-2989 www.tizra.com DIRECT DIGITAL PUBLISHING With Tizra, ABC-CLIO was able to provide the modern, mobile-fi rst eBook portal their customers were looking for. A CASE STUDY ABC-CLIO “Tizra’s support for cutting-edge web design was a key factor in our decision. They enabled us to achieve a modern, mobile-fi rst user experience that fi ts our profi le as a technology leader.” “With Tizra’s ability to ‘chunk’ content, we have new fl exibility that allows us to accommodate varying budgets and customer needs.” “With 30-40 books releasing every month, it was critical to automate content loading. Tizra’s robust APIs and integration capabilities gave us confi dence they could ingest the vast amount of data from our systems.” “I was surprised to see how easy the Tizra platform is to update and manage. Our editorial and marketing teams can update the site without technical support - leaving our engineers to focus on more complex tasks.” —Troy Martin, Vice President, Operations, ABC-CLIO BACKGROUND For 60 years, ABC-CLIO, LLC, has been an industry leader in creating innovative reference and professional development resources for learners, researchers, educators, librarians and information specialists worldwide. The company offers four complementary imprints and 25 online databases, focusing on biographies, history, scholarly nonfi ction, and library sciences. ABC-CLIO was an early technology innovator and one of the fi rst to recognize that the delivery of content and education would move to digital. The company fi rst introduced eBooks in the 1990s using a custom-developed platform, and has since published over 8,000 eBooks, with 30 to 40 new titles released each month. “We pride ourselves on being a tech company more than a print company,” says Operations VP Troy Martin. “Digital is where the growth is and it’s where we see our future.”