| MBC Profile |
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MBC
was formed in 1995 as an import-export company specializing in books
and periodicals on Myanmar (Burma), and all materials published in
Burmese and other indigenous languages. Out-of-print and rare materials
like old books and journals can be supplied in photocopy or digital
formats, CD-ROM, etc.
The
Board of Directors and management staff include experienced book-sellers,
professionally qualified librarians and computer experts. It is the
only company of its kind in the world. |
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| Current services provided
by MBC |
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.: Book Distribution (both wholesale
and retailing for which our network covers all main cities of Burma)
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.: Book Trading (Exporting and Importing) |
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.: Mail Ordering Service (Mainly to libraries, scholars
and individuals) |
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.: Scanned copies of old and out-of-print books
on Myanmar (both in English and Burmese languages) |
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.: OCR or Digitalising – Some of the books
will be put on CD-ROM. (For example, all volumes of JBRS including
an unpublished index ) |
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.: Annotated bibliography of the best
books published in Myanmar (both in Myanmar and English languages)
will be |
| published every six months
from early 1998 and also selected materials from previous publications
will be compiled in a |
| Selected Retrospective
Bibliography format. Library of Congress Romanization System will
be used for non-English |
| materials. |
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| Order Information |
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.: Please do not send payment with your
order as we need to check availability of the stock. |
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.: Customers are liable to pay for all
bank charges impose by your bank. |
| .: Send us an email on items that you
would like to order and after checking the availability we will reply
to you with |
| total cost. |
| .: If you agree on price and payment
method, we will send you an invoice with payment instruction via email. |
| .: Upon receipt of your payment, we
will send out your order (Not applicable for Libraries and study centre).
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| Goto Order Status |
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| Payment Information |
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| Terms & Conditions |
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.: Orders supplied by M.B.C
will be charged for postage. Postage and handling charges will be
10% |
| of the total
sale value to eastern (e.g Thailand, S'pore) and 15% of total sale
value to Western |
| (e.g U.S.A,
U.K, France) countries respectively. Please note that some of the
items such as newspapers, CD-Roms are |
| inclusive of
Postage. |
| .: Libraries and study centres have
to make the payment within 30 days on receipt of the book. |
| .: Individual orders have to make the
payment on receipt of the invoice. The book will be released only
after receiving |
| payment from
individual orders. |
| .: Prices are subject to change without
notice. |
| .: 10% discount on orders exceeding
US$ 1,000.00. |
| .: Discount available for book dealers
and distributors. |
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| Publications And Previous
Projects Of Myanmar Book Centre |
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.: Publication of complete
set of Journal of Burma Research Society (JBRS) CD-Rom :a searchable
database |
| CD-Rom with
indexing of over 15,000 records which appeared in the JBRS. (1999) |
| .: Publication of Selective works of
Myanmar History, Culture, Archaeology and Literature After Independence |
| CD-Rom with the sponsorship
from University of Washington State (2002) |
| .: Preservation and Conservation of
Traditional Myanmar Manuscripts by Microfilming and |
| Digitizing (4 years
projects starting from 2003-07) with the sponsorship of Tokyo University
of Foreign Studies and |
| C-DATS |
| .: Translation of ASEAN award winning
short stories into Myanmar language with the grant funded by the Toyota
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| Foundation (2004) |
| .: Coordinator of International Symposium
on Preservation and Conservation of Old Traditional Manuscripts held
in |
Yangon,Manuscripts
held in Yangon,Myanmar with assistance from Ministry of Religious
Affairs and sponsorship
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| from Tokyo
University of Foreign Studies and C-DATS |
| .: Preservation and Conservation of
Traditional Manuscript in the periphery of the country: |
| (Preservation of various
old manuscripts of national ethnic groups such as Shan and Mon) |
| (2006): Grant funded
by the Toyota Foundation |
| .: Publication of over 20 titles on
Myanmar and other academic books. |
| .: Exclusive distributor of books from
over 30 local and international publishers. |
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| Area of Business of Myanmar
Book Centre |
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.: Book & CD-Rom Publishing |
| .: Book trading & distribution |
| .: Coordination with foreign agencies
and foundation to carry out research and academic works in Myanmar |
| .: Preservation and conservation of
traditional Myanmar manuscripts, rare books and old newspapers. |
| .: Retail & wholesale supplier of
books on Myanmar to all over the world via www.MyanmarBook.com |
| .: Retail and wholesale supplier of
academic books to local students and scholars. |
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