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'''Packt''' is a publishing company founded in 2003 and headquartered in [[Birmingham|Birmingham, UK]], with offices in [[Mumbai|Mumbai, India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=PACKT PUBLISHING LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House) |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04759694 |access-date=2020-02-04 |website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.packtpub.com/books/info/packt/careers-with-packt/mumbai|title=Our Mumbai Office - PACKT Books|website=www.packtpub.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Our Birmingham Office - PACKT Books |url=https://www.packtpub.com/books/info/packt/careers-with-packt/birmingham |website=www.packtpub.com}}</ref>
Packt primarily publishes print and electronic books and videos relating to information technology, including [[Programming language|programming]], [[web design]], [[data analysis]], and [[Hardware random number generator|hardware]].
==History==
Founded in 2003<ref name=":0" /> by David and [[Rachel Maclean (politician)|Rachel Maclean]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Rachel Maclean: Tory who suggested Brits work longer had high-flying bank and business career |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/rachel-maclean-tory-who-suggested-26976095 |website=Mirror |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> Packt Publishing provides books, eBooks, video tutorials, and articles for software engineers, web developers, system administrators, and users. The company states that it supports and publishes books on smaller projects and subjects that standard publishing companies cannot make profitable. The company's business model, which involves print
In 2018, Packt's revenue reached 18.4 million pounds, a 28% increase over the previous year, attributed to increased market share over the period.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/04759694/filing-history|title=PACKT PUBLISHING LIMITED - Filing history (free information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref>
▲Founded in 2003<ref name=":0" /> by David and [[Rachel Maclean (politician)|Rachel Maclean]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Rachel Maclean: Tory who suggested Brits work longer had high-flying bank and business career |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/rachel-maclean-tory-who-suggested-26976095 |website=Mirror |date=16 May 2022 |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> Packt Publishing provides books, eBooks, video tutorials, and articles for software engineers, web developers, system administrators and users. The company states that it supports and publishes books on smaller projects and subjects that standard publishing companies cannot make profitable. The company's business model, which involves print on demand publishing and selling direct, enables it to make money selling books with lower unit sales. The aim of this business model is to give authors high royalty rates and the opportunity to write on topics that standard publishers tend to avoid.{{Cn|date=February 2023}}
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==Books==
Packt offers printed version of their books shipped to [[Europe]], [[North America]] and selected Asian countries. In addition, they offer PDF versions of all of their books for download and in August 2010 began offering them in ePub and Mobi format. These eBooks were made free from [[digital rights management]] in March 2009.<ref>[http://www.craiggunderson.com/blog2/?p=121 Packt Publishing removes DRM from their eBooks] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317135103/http://www.craiggunderson.com/blog2/?p=121 |date=2009-03-17 }}</ref> Packt books are also available via the [[Perlego]] platform, while some (but not all) are accessible on the [[Safari Books Online]] system.<ref>{{cite news |title=Safari to make Packt titles available online |publisher=Information today |date=June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.perlego.com|title=Perlego|website=www.perlego.com}}</ref>
==Packt Enterprise and Packt Open Source==
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Packt supports and promotes [[open source]] projects and concepts. When a book written on an open source project is sold, Packt pays a royalty directly to that project. This scheme has resulted in the company providing sustainable revenues to many of the open source projects since 2004.<ref>"Packt Publishing Open Source CMS Award 2006: Vote Textpattern!", http://txpmag.com/article/packt-publishing-open-source-cms-award-2006-vote-textpattern, TXP Magazine, August 2006</ref>
In March 2011, following its 'Believe in Open Source campaign' Packt announced that its donations to Open Source projects have surpassed the $300,000 mark.<ref>"Packt Publishing Believes in Open Source, Donates Over $300K to Projects", http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2011030900335OSBZCY{{deadlink|date=July 2023}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Companies based in Birmingham, West Midlands]]
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