Business Details
28 Years
experience
Your Trusted Printing and Product Sourcing Partner
Founded in 1998 by Indren Selvanandam, Basically Media has established itself as a specialist in printing and product sourcing solutions. With a career spanning 12 years at the Times Publishing Group in Singapore, including leadership roles in marketing and international sales, Indren built a global network across New York, London, and Sydney. Our unique business model connects suppliers directly with clients, eliminating intermediaries to maintain competitive pricing while ensuring quality through rigorous supplier vetting. We operate with transparency, handling no invoicing or communication ourselves, allowing clients to engage directly with pre-vetted manufacturers. Our supplier network spans China, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Vietnam, and Turkey, with a strategic focus on diversifying beyond China in recent years.All partners undergo evaluation for technical capability, accreditations, compliance, and service standards. The China office, managed with three months of annual on-site oversight, strengthens these relationships. We specialise in children's books, novelty formats, and complex binding techniques, meeting international quality benchmarks. Our services extend to digital and lithographic printing, product sourcing for media and stationery, and logistics coordination through UK-based partners. This approach combines local expertise with global reach, offering tailored solutions for publishing houses and production departments worldwide.
Services
Lithographic Printing
Product Sourcing
Shipping & Fulfillment
EUDR Compliance
Book Binding
Details
- Year established: 1998
Highlights and features
- We offer 25 years' specialist experience in publishing industry supply chains
- Our direct supplier relationships maintain competitive pricing with quality assurance
- We operate with full transparency and no intermediary markups
- Our team has established manufacturing networks across six countries
- We provide EUDR compliance expertise for sustainable sourcing
Services
Lithographic Printing
We provide full-colour and single-colour lithographic printing solutions for books, posters, and commercial materials. Our network includes presses with digital proofing capabilities and large-format printing capacity. Clients benefit from competitive pricing through direct supplier engagement while maintaining quality standards required for international publishing markets.
Product Sourcing
Our sourcing specialists connect publishers with manufacturers for CD/DVD replication, sound modules, and promotional products. We facilitate direct relationships with vetted suppliers across six countries, ensuring compliance with import regulations and quality control standards while maintaining cost efficiency through our established network.
Shipping & Fulfillment
We coordinate comprehensive shipping solutions through UK-based partners with global networks. Services include FCL/LCL consolidation, airfreight, and port-centric warehousing with customs bonding. The logistics provider maintains UKWA accreditation and advanced security systems, offering full supply chain visibility from factory to destination.
EUDR Compliance
Our team ensures printing operations meet European Union Deforestation Regulation requirements. We verify supplier compliance with environmental standards for paper sourcing and manufacturing processes. This service helps publishers navigate regulatory requirements while maintaining supply chain transparency and sustainability credentials.
Book Binding
We specialise in diverse binding techniques including case binding, wire O, and novelty formats. Our manufacturers produce board books, bath books, and pop-up formats meeting international quality standards. The service covers both traditional methods like thread sewing and modern perfect binding techniques for commercial print runs.
People
Indren Selvanandam
Founder
With 12 years' experience at Times Publishing Group Singapore, including leadership roles in marketing and international sales, Indren established Basically Media in 1998. He maintains annual oversight of manufacturing operations in Asia, ensuring quality standards and supplier relationships.
Questions
What printing services do you offer?
We provide lithographic printing, digital print on demand, large-format posters, and specialty book formats including pop-up and bath books through our global manufacturing network.
How do you ensure product quality?
All suppliers undergo rigorous vetting for technical capability, accreditations, and quality control. We maintain annual on-site oversight of Asian operations and facilitate direct client-supplier communication for transparency.
What is your EUDR compliance service?
We verify paper sourcing and manufacturing processes meet EU Deforestation Regulation requirements, providing documentation and supply chain transparency for sustainable publishing operations.
How do you handle shipping logistics?
We coordinate with UK-based logistics partners offering FCL/LCL consolidation, airfreight, and port-centric warehousing with customs bonding and full supply chain visibility.
What product sourcing capabilities exist?
We connect publishers with manufacturers for CD/DVD replication, sound modules, stationery products, and promotional items across six countries with established quality control processes.
