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TOM Group has a well-established publishing platform in Greater China. Its publishing unit, Cite, is the largest book and magazine publisher in Taiwan. During the fiscal year 2008, Cite published nearly 40 magazines and printed more than 20 million copies. It also launched more than 2,000 new book titles, as part of a total catalogue of nearly 20,000 titles. Over 13 million book copies were printed.
 
The health book Dr. Tom Wu's Principles of Natural Cure achieved a sales volume of 590,000 by the end of 2008 since its debut in March, while an aggregate of over 230,000 copies of the novel Twilight and its second episode New Moon have been printed as at early 2009. Cite's flagship magazine Business Weekly won the SOPA Awards for "Excellence in Feature Writing", "Excellence in Reporting Breaking News" and "Excellence in Magazine Design" in 2008. The magazine also received the "News In-depth Reporting Award" from the Vivian Wu Journalism Award, "Excellent News Coverage Award" in the print media category of Excellent Journalism Award and "Award for Editorial Excellence" in the magazine category of the 32nd Golden Tripod Awards. Meanwhile, the Group extended its presence in the China market by publishing a variety of popular periodicals including DG Best and International Wrist Watch. In Hong Kong, the flagship CUP is the magazine of choice among sophisticates.
 
Pixnet, a leading social networking website in Taiwan, not only acts as a premarketing and pre-research platform for new books but also produces online social networking channels for magazines launched by the Group. The site is currently one of the two highest quality and most trafficked social networking sites in Taiwan, with the most popular artists and off-screen celebrities. Pixnet cooperates with more than half of Taiwan's music companies and is rapidly expanding its partnerships with agents, TV channels and film companies.

 
 
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