The Association of Americans Publishers Honors Thieme With Three Awards for Excellence

New York/Stuttgart – Thieme Publishers has won first prize in the 2008 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (the PROSE Awards) for both Atlas of Anatomy and Anatomy Flash Cards. Thieme Teaching Assistant Anatomy has received honorable mention.

“We would like to thank the Association of American Publishers for recognizing Thieme Publishers’ commitment to producing quality products for aspiring medical professionals. We rely on the devotion, passion, and dedication of our authors, artists, and programmers to create these groundbreaking products. Our aim in these endeavors was to develop innovative products and services to meet the needs of medical students, teachers, and professionals working in the healthcare industry in new and better ways,” says Anne Vinnicombe, Vice President of Production and Electronic Publishing.

Atlas of Anatomy contains thousands of highly detailed illustrations that accurately depict the human body. The concepts are organized to lead the reader step-by-step through each region of the body. In creating this single-volume atlas, the team has arguably produced the most significant addition to anatomy education published within the last 50 years. Anatomy Flash Cards is based on the book.

More than 2,000 illustrations from Atlas of Anatomy by Anne M. Gilroy, Brian R. MacPherson, and Lawrence M. Ross, are featured on the Thieme Teaching Assistant (thiemeteachingassistant.com). This state-of-the-art, web-based platform enables professors and lecturers to incorporate dynamic visuals into their lectures and course material. Complex concepts, displayed with unprecedented clarity, successfully heighten the learning experience.

About Association of American Publishers

The Association of American Publishers is the national trade association of the U.S. book publishing industry. AAP’s more than 300 members include most of the major commercial publishers in the United States, as well as smaller and non-profit publishers, university presses and scholarly societies. AAP members publish hardcover and paperback books in every field, educational materials for the elementary, secondary, postsecondary, and professional markets, scholarly journals, computer software, and electronic products and services.

About Thieme

Thieme Publishing Group is a privately held scientific and medical publishing house employing more than 950 people and maintaining offices in seven cities, including New York, Delhi, Stuttgart and three other locations in Germany. Founded in 1886, the Thieme name has become synonymous with high quality and excellence in medical and scientific publishing. Today, Thieme is the market leading publisher of neurosurgical content and holds strong market positions in orthopedics, radiology, anatomy and chemistry, among other specialties. Thieme publishes 137 peer-reviewed journals and over 500 new books annually. The company also has a rapidly growing array of web-based products in medicine and science. Popular online products include Thieme eJournals and the Thieme Electronic Book Library, which are accessible via thieme-connect.com, Thieme's platform for electronic products. New anatomy resources include the thiemeteachingassistant.com for faculty, and winkingskull.com for students. Please visit thieme.com for additional information.

Press Contact

Bettina Ziegler
Public Relations and Press Office
Thieme Publishing Group
Ruedigerstrasse 14
70469 Stuttgart
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Tel: +49-711-8931-280
Fax: +49-711-8931-167
bettina.ziegler@thieme.de

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