World Book for Publishing & Distribution (WBCO)

WBCO is a publishing and distribution company who has been working in the Middle East Region since 1995 first under Elmia Bookstore brand-name in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. having over 35 years of experience, our mission has always been to reach excellence in the school’s market to ensure the provision of the best services that would commensurate with our name and reputation. The main goal and aim is to improve the students' educational process in the Kingdom and we work on achieving that by partnering up with worldwide publishers and providers and deliver the best educational content and services.

In 2014, WBCO evolved as a new entity as our base in Khobar KSA, becoming a leading educational solutions provider . We predominantly supply educational solutions, books and resources to schools, universities and educational institutions across the region.

Our core resources and materials that we provide to schools, universities and educational institutions are in the main 3 sectors as follows:

• Schools’ curriculum (K12)
• Higher education (HE)
• English Language Teachings (ELT)

Today, as education changes constantly, we are adapting our strategic approach and methodologies to providing complete solutions to our partners that enhance the teaching and learning experience for everyone – whether that is a child learning their first words of English, a class engaging with a locally-focused curriculum or a higher education student writing their first thesis.

We provide in-depth professional development training on our resources/products, teacher’s development courses on pedagogy and 21st century skills.

Since 2014 we have been working with McGraw-Hill as an authorised Distributor and achieved great success in the Kto12 market. We have a team of experts dedicated to extending customer service professional development sessions to our schools all over Saudi though our three main office, Riyadh, Khobar and Jeddah.

We also work with strategic partners in KSA on a sole/main distribution model. Those strategic partners, who were chosen carefully to fill in the gaps in the market are our trusted partners, and we work through them and with them closely to deliver the WBCO products and educational services. Among these are: Collins, Compass Education, Cengage National Geographic Learning ELT, Imagine Learning, Cambridge University Press, Macmillan, Oxford University Press, Hodder Education, Letter land and others.

Our Mission

To enrich those we serve. WBCO s cherished by its customers, partners and by all those who choose to work with us. We believe that Saudi children have the right to have equal education opportunities and environment as their like in the most advanced countries.

Our Values

Respect

We respect our clients, employees, partners and suppliers. We respect the environment, our duty to society and the law.

Integrity

We believe in integrity in business and trust that our employees are compliant, ethical and honest.

Quality & Excellence

WBCO cares about the quality and standards of educational programs and solutions we provide.

It is at the core of our responsibility to deliver the best quality solutions in time and with complete reliability. Serving our customers success is at the heart of everything we do. We never stop working to deliver the solution that meet the most exact needs and grow our partnerships.

VALUE CHAIN

CUSTOM PUBLISHING

Our expert authors, resources and consultants have participated with important projects with the Ministry of Education. Introducing culturally approved titles to Saudi is one of our core business. We are proud of our two famous social studies and computer science titles from K to 8 which are built in accordance to the CCSS. A new ELT project with Cengage National Geographic is one of our successful partnership with National Geographic and MOE for K to 6 ELT.

EDUCATION CONSULTANTS

We have a dedicated educational consultant team that will assist you in choosing the materials that are right for your school and your students.

LOGISTICS EFFICIENCY

Our warehouse is conveniently located in 3 regions in Saudi and print books are guaranteed in stock. So in time delivery is guaranteed.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

Locally based customer support to ensure a quick turnaround time in addressing customers needs and queries.

INNOVATIVE MULTIMEDIA SOLUTIONS

We lead the use of digital at classes step by step to make sure both teachers and students are on the same page. Integration and enhancing the use of digital is a must for us with all our schools. We are proud that our schools are digital oriented and equipped and practiced. We provide a full variety of educational material solutions from Print books, Digital, Assessment Suite, or blended resources to meet schools need at each grade and stage they are at in during the digital journey.

QUALITY STANDARD SETTER

We are the home of the education standard setter. We are working with strategic partners and publishers that set the highest quality of education across the globe.

CUSTOMER FOCUSED

Full back to schoolteacher training, product training, professional development, and 1:1 coaching to ensure that teachers are confident and effectively make use of the programs and deliver top notch lessons to students.