whythe fear?BOOK AUTHOR PROOFING ONLINE

Digital focusElectronic workflows Managing costsIntroducing greaterefficiencies

The ShiftIN FOCUS FOR PUBLISHERS

More publishers are actively seekingtechnology solutions that workeffectively within their existingworkflow and internal structures.

There is one key player

who continues to

represent a concern for

publishers looking to

introduce these new

systems...

The Author

BUT WHY?

Overall publishers have

some concerns about

fully integrating authors

into their production

processes.

There is also sometrepidation on the partof publishers about howto bring the author intothe process of makingonline corrections in away that is seamless andeasy.

Rightly or wrongly, these fears are oftencentred on the following issues:

01 Authors are not savvyenough to work withina bespoke or techenvironment to makechanges correctly.

Authors will makesubstantial changes

to previouslyapproved content. 02

Authors will makesignificant changesagainst the style ofthe publication03

How do weovercomethese fears?

Make it very userfriendlyEnsure design/methodologies are accessible toauthors.

Manage user accessRestrict the capacity for authors to rewrite/addcontent, this can be implemented through keyuser access restrictions.

Mediate UpdatesClosely control all of the corrections made by theauthor.

Quality Tech SupportProvide seamless technical support around theclock.

IntroducingLanstad

1.PROJECTMANAGEMENT

2. CONTENT PROOFING

3. INTEGRATEDCOMMUNICATIONS

4. IMMEDIATE CONTENTTRANSFORMATION 

Track milestones, tasks andmanage all aspects of a projectwithin a user friendly portal.

Make corrections andaccept/reject changes tocontent directly within system.

Transparent line ofcommunication, tagged againstall tasks and milestones foreasy reference.

Submit changes to content andimmediately transform to PDFor EPUB with the click of abutton.

Project Management

Integrated Communications

Content Proofing

Content Transformation

Benefits?

SPEED QUALITY COSTS

40% IMPROVEMENT

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