The division of IMC into two completely separate companies with different owners began April 1 and was largely completed on May 31, 2009. Most of the address and contact information information has changed. The old address info (lined out below) is no longer valid. Please rely on the contact data in the above boxes. Intercontinental
Marketing
Corp.
Book PUBLISHERS & AUTHORS - Send New Book information by spreadsheet or delimited text file by email to imcbook@imcbook.net. Include digital copy of book's front cover. Start the Subject line with the word [BOOK]. Paper catalogs may be mailed to Kuniko Ito, Plea Garden #1201, 3-7-6 Nishifuna, Funabashishi Chibaken 273-0031, Japan Our websites (mostly English) imcbook.net and jpgsonline.com and (mostly Japanese) asahi-net.or.jp/~tc9w-ball and for books and magazines When
founded, IMC planned to be a general trading company. In 1959 Japan was
just emerging from the devastation of World War II and the aftermath of
the Korean War. Japan was hungry for business, management and technical
books and magazines. IMC found its niche representing foreign
publishers. Eventually IMC began to distribute to local booksellers and
local distributors, to work with
Japanese publishers, and to do many other tasks relating to the
promotion
and distribution of publications. The emphasis is on information
rather
than entertainment or elementary education. Today we also promote many
Japanese
authors who write in English and experienced expats living and working
in and with Japan. Working with expats and with Japanese who create in
English is fun, generally undervalued by the mainstream bookstore and
distribution trade, but we think very important. 201000613
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What was IMC,
established in 1959 by Warren Ball, is now (from April
1 2009) two companies that operate separately. The original company was
moved to Saitama by
Tetsuro Fujimoto until his untimely death early in 2010 and is
now represented by JLJ Inc. in Ikebukuro.. The new "kk imcbook", headed by Kuniko Ito with Warren Ball as advisor. It focuses on (a) internet information, (b) expat/Japan books, (c) books from the USA (fashion, financial, petroleum, photography, travel, (d) export of books and journals from/for Japan and Asia. Roughly translated: 株式会社 = kabushiki kaisha = stock issuing company = company limited = corporation. It is often abbreviated as KK. The KK may be located either before or after the proper name. |
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