“With humble roots as a ‘garage’ setup, PTS has now expanded into a company that employs over 150 people with annual sales exceeding RM30 million.
We are now recognised as one of the leaders in the Malaysian book trading business, with more than 2,000 backlisted titles and close to 300 new titles published every year. PTS is proud to have published major local and international bestselling writers in the Malay language for Malaysian, Singapore and Brunei markets.
PTS has left its mark in almost every niche of the trade publishing: business, management, children, novel and fiction, cooking, health, self-help, religion, politics and education. Its editorial and design team have continuously developed and delivered bestsellers for Malaysian readers.
One of PTS core business strength today is the extensive network and print book distribution it has built over the years. With over 300 bookshops in its network, PTS products are in all major book chains and most of the independents in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Its distribution network also expands into 300 major supermarket and convenience shop touch points.
In the e-commerce space, PTS runs its own well-known online store, the PTS Bookcafe and acting as a merchant in well known marketplaces in Malaysia, such as Lazada and Rakuten.
In the digital space, PTS is actively working to expand the digital distribution of its ebooks to readers in Malaysia and abroad. PTS is one of the first publishers in Malaysia to offer the Google Book Search feature back in 2006. Today, PTS offers more than 500 titles in ebook edition, and distributes its ebooks to Google Play and E-Sentral. PTS is on track to offer over 1,000 ebook titles in all major e-tailers by the end of the year.