TOM Group has a well established publishing platform in Greater China. Its publishing unit, Cité Publishing Group, is the largest book and magazine publisher in Taiwan and first-mover in digital publishing and reading. By investing in technological research and development, Cité is capable to simultaneously offer printed and digital copies of books and magazines. It reaches readers via diversified channels such as websites, social networking websites as well as e-reading devices and mobile applications.

TOM’s traditional publishing business attains leadership position. Its market insight has earned numerous recognitions and sales records. SharpPoint’s Twilight series, Cité’s Eat, Pray, Love and Years of Transience were among the best sellers in Taiwan. Moreover, many titles received overwhelming responses from readers, and have been licensed for the making of TV programmes.

Labels under the Publishing Group are top players in their specialities. Business Weekly is the leader among its peer competitors and earns numerous awards over the years. Home Media Group is renowned for its technology, know-how and lifestyle publications; Sharp Point remains the leading publisher of leisure publications and popular culture, while Nong Nong Intermedia Group publishes Taiwan’s leading lifestyle, fashionand infant-care guides for women.

In February 2011, Cité announced a partnership agreement with Kodansha, one of the largest publishing groups in Japan. The two groups will jointly develop digital publishing business, including production, marketing and sales of digital content, with a view to tap the Chinese-language markets including Taiwan, Mainland China and Hong Kong etc. Such partnership marked the first collaboration between publishers in Taiwan and Japan.

On the digital publishing front , POPO(www.popo.tw) is a first-of-its-kind creative platform in Taiwan for reading, creation and transaction of original contents, eyeing the world’s Chinese-language literature market. Social media website Pixnet (www.pixetnet.net),which ranks number nine in Taiwan in terms of traffic, provides an online community window for publications under the Publishing Group. Gurubear(www.gurubear.com.cn) offers diversified online and offline reading experience for children and their parents. “Lifeel” and “e Reading Now” meet readers over smartphones, iPhone and iPad, offering hundreds of e-books and e-magazines published by Cité. In addition, tens of book websites are in place to offer online publishing, e-reading, e-learning and interactive community services.

Meanwhile, the Group extended its presence in the Mainland market by publishing a variety of popular periodicals including DG Best and International Wrist Watch. In Hong Kong, CUP is the magazine of choice in educated circles.