What Graphiservice does

Graphiservice S.r.l. is a privately held Italian publishing services company founded in 1988 and headquartered in Bari, Italy. The company provides integrated, modular production services to Italian publishers across five service areas: editorial planning, graphic design, editorial/redaction (rewriting, copyediting, translation revision), technical/pre-press production, and digital distribution. Its core technology stack consists of three proprietary platforms: Volumen (a virtual workspace for production control), Eikon (a restricted-access iconographic archive), and WManager (a client-facing management platform for tracking commissioned work). Graphiservice also produces ebooks in EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 formats with multimedia and accessible content, manages ONIX metadata, generates automatic EPUB catalogs from MsSQL/MySQL databases, creates SCORM-LOM compatible digital objects for e-learning platforms (Moodle, Docebo), and uploads finished digital products to major distribution platforms including Edigita, Amazon, iBookstore, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble.

The company's business model is project-based B2B professional services, with revenue generated from editorial, graphic, technical, and digital production contracts with commissioning publishers. Pricing is per-project and not publicly disclosed. Its primary customer segment is Italian publishing houses, with educational and academic publishers as a secondary vertical, and selected government/event-organization clients. The flagship commercial relationship is a long-term strategic partnership with Editori Laterza covering both academic and school publishing. Other notable clients include RCS MediaGroup, L'Espresso, Il Sole-24 Ore, and Palumbo Editore. The company also operates its own publishing imprint, Edizioni B.A. Graphis, established in 1997, which produced over 280 university-level titles within a decade. With 1-10 employees and €46,800 in registered share capital, Graphiservice operates as a tightly focused, family/management-owned micro-S.r.l. with no external investors and a single-country Italian footprint, although its digital distribution services reach global ebook marketplaces on behalf of its clients.

Name

Graphiservice

Legal name

Graphiservice S.r.l.

Website

https://graphiservice.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Graphiservice is a Bari-based Italian publishing services firm providing integrated editorial, graphic, technical, and digital production to Italian publishers, including proprietary workflow platforms (Volumen, Eikon, WManager) and EPUB/ONIX/SCORM-LOM production, anchored by a flagship long-term relationship with Editori Laterza.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Publishing Services

NAICS

Books Printing (323117), Support Activities for Printing (323120), Book Publishers (513130)

SIC

Book Printing (2732), Service Industries For The Printing Trade (2790), Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Creative, Content Production & Ad Ops Tools (BPAMALAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

eLearning & Microlearning Module Development (EDAGAKAD), Content Asset Libraries & Template Marketplaces (stock, characters, themes) (EDAFAHAI), Creator Tools & Production (Overlays, Alerts, Encoding, Editing, Audio) (MPAFAEAC)

Keywords

• Publishing production services
• Editorial services
• Ebook production
• Prepress services
• Digital publishing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bari

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Editorial Services: Editorial planning and coordination services including manuscript evaluation, presentation sheets, content organization, and compilation of glossaries and educational materials.
2. Editorial/Redaction Services: Rewriting, editing, translation revision, and copyediting services with dedicated responsible editors managing client projects.
3. Graphic Design Services: Graphic project development for traditional and digital publishing, including vector processing, statistical graphics, cartography, plans, and illustrated tables.
4. Technical/Pre-press Services: Style sheet application, complex page layouts, and ebook production in epub formats for school textbooks, university manuals, and journals.
5. Digital Distribution Services: Verification and upload of digital products to distribution platforms including Edigita, Amazon, iBookstore, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Graphiservice provides integrated publishing production services to publishing houses and institutional clients, covering editorial planning, rewriting and copyediting, graphic design, technical/prepress layout, EPUB 2/3 ebook production, ONIX metadata preparation, and digital distribution to major ebook platforms. The offering is supported by proprietary workflow platforms (Volumen, Eikon, WManager) and supplemented by accessible content (LIA) and SCORM-LOM e-learning content production.

Product overview

Graphiservice is an integrated publishing services company offering a modular platform of specialized tools and service areas for the publishing industry. The core product suite includes Volumen (production control workspace), Eikon (iconographic archive), and WManager (client-facing workflow management platform). These are complemented by five service areas: Editorial, Graphic, Editorial/Writing, Technical, and Digital. The company also operates Edizioni B.A. Graphis as its own publishing label. Services span from text evaluation and layout to ebook production and e-learning content, with digital distribution to major platforms including Amazon, Kobo, and Edigita.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Volumen Virtual workspace for controlling and managing production activities in the publishing sector, allowing clients to monitor workflow status of their publishing projects.
• Eikon Iconographic archive with restricted access for managing and retrieving visual assets used in publishing projects.
• WManager Reserved client-facing management platform that enables commissioning clients to monitor the progress of work entrusted to Graphiservice, including production flow control and human resource management.
• Editorial Services Text evaluation, presentation sheets, content organization, glossaries, educational materials, translations, illustration management, and comprehensive project coordination for print and digital publishing.
• Graphic Design Services Graphic project development for traditional and digital publishing including vector graphics processing, statistical charts, cartography, floor plans, and illustrated plates.
• Editorial / Writing and Copyediting Services Rewriting, editing, translation revision, and copyediting services with dedicated editors ensuring quality and adherence to timelines across various disciplines.
• Technical and Pre-press Editorial Services Application of stylesheets to author Word files, complex page layouts, and ebook production in EPUB 2 and 3 formats with multimedia and interactive content, plus accessible digital content creation under the LIA project.
• Digital Production Services Verification and finalization of digital products with ONIX metadata format, upload to distribution platforms (Edigita, Amazon, iBookstore, Kobo, Barnes & Noble), automatic EPUB catalog production from MsSQL/MySQL databases, and e-learning platform configuration with SCORM-LOM objects (Moodle, Docebo).
• Edizioni B.A. Graphis Publishing imprint owned by Graphiservice, producing a catalog of university-level academic titles; provides domain expertise and demonstrates publishing production capability.

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability3 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Editori Laterza (Gius. Laterza e Figli Srl)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing strategic partnership with Laterza publishers in both academic and school publishing. Graphiservice provides near-total editorial and technological coverage for Laterza's publishing needs, representing the company's most significant client relationship.
• EdigitacoreTechnology or IntegrationDigital distribution partner - Edigita is described as the Italian market leader in ebook distribution, handling upload of digital products to this platform.
• Gius. Laterza e Figli SrlcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorIdentified as a recipient of data communications as an 'azienda partner' in the privacy policy context, suggesting a commercial partnership relationship.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Mather Economics: Provider of analytics, audience development, and circulation services for news and book publishers — comparable as a B2B publishing services specialist serving similar enterprise publisher clients with adjacent value propositions.
• Typefi: Provider of automated publishing production software for technical and academic publishers — comparable as a technology-enabled publishing production specialist serving academic and educational publishers, overlapping with Graphiservice's SCORM/e-learning and university market work.

Direct peers

• eBookPartnership: UK-based digital publishing services firm specializing in EPUB conversion, typesetting, and digital distribution to Amazon, Apple, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble — directly comparable as a specialist in the EPUB production and distribution services Graphiservice provides.
• Firebrand Technologies: US-based publishing services company providing editorial, production, metadata (ONIX), and digital distribution support to publishers — directly comparable as a publishing production services specialist serving book publishers with editorial and digital workflow tools.
• Klopotek: Provider of publishing-specific SaaS platforms for editorial workflow, production, and metadata management — comparable as a publishing-software specialist serving the same editorial-to-distribution workflow Graphiservice addresses with Volumen and WManager.

Regional players

• Rotolito Lombarda: Italian printing group specializing in book and catalog production for Italian publishers — comparable as a regional Italian player in book manufacturing serving a similar publisher client base in the Italian market.
• Tecnostampa S.r.l. Italian printing company offering book printing, binding, and related production services — comparable as a regional Italian player in the book production value chain, though more focused on physical printing than editorial/digital services.

Broad incumbents

• RR Donnelley: Global commercial printing and integrated communications services company offering premedia, content production, and digital workflow capabilities to enterprise publishers and brands — comparable as a large-scale broad incumbent in the publishing services value chain.
• Cenveo: Large North American provider of print and publishing services including premedia, content management, and digital production — comparable as a broad incumbent offering overlapping pre-press and digital publishing capabilities to enterprise clients.
• Transcontinental Inc. Canadian packaging and printing services group with publishing services capabilities — comparable as a broad incumbent offering editorial production, pre-press, and digital services to publishers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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