Myanmar Book Centre

MBC Profile

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.

Current services provided by MBC

	.: Book Distribution (both wholesale and retailing for which our network covers all main cities of Burma)
	.: Book Trading (Exporting and Importing)
	.: Mail Ordering Service (Mainly to libraries, scholars and individuals)
	.: Scanned copies of old and out-of-print books on Myanmar (both in English and Burmese languages)
	.: OCR or Digitalising – Some of the books will be put on CD-ROM. (For example, all volumes of JBRS including an unpublished index )
	.: 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.

Order Information

	.: Please do not send payment with your order as we need to check availability of the stock.
	.: 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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Payment Information

	.: We accept the following methods of payments:-
		A. BY CREDIT CARD
		B. BY WIRE TRANSFER OR TELEX TRANSFER

Terms & Conditions

	.: 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 U.K, France) countries respectively.
	(e.g U.S.A, 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.

Publications And Previous Projects Of Myanmar Book Centre

	.: 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 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 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.

Area of Business of Myanmar Book Centre

	.: 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.