Our project management services include predelivery
typescript assessment, copy editing, typesetting, proofreading, artwork
creation, indexing, communication with authors, managing permissions, working
with the client’s freelance copy editors/indexers, creating jackets, and
providing regular status updates on the project to the client.
Our project managers guide the entire project from receipt
of manuscript to final printer files.
APPROACH:
Our key approach to project management is to ensure that we
have project managers with either several years of experience in copyediting or
a strong publishing background.
We insist on our project managers having an editorial bent
of mind because it helps them in being highly sensitive to the needs of the
authors, the publisher, and the internal teams.
We understand very well that a project will run smooth as
long as the author is happy. Our project managers do a background check of
their authors as soon as they take up a project to understand whether they are
first-time authors or experienced ones. This determines the way we communicate
with them and guide them through the various stages in production and helps us
understand each author’s specific requirements and in making their publishing
experience an enjoyable one. We pick up the phone when authors need more
clarification or assurance that their book is in trusted hands
All our project managers act as our final point for quality
checks. They check all proofs at all stages to ensure they meet all the quality
parameters set by the publisher.
We ensure that collation is handled either by the project
managers themselves or by editorial assistants as they would be able to
interpret all instructions/changes correctly, edit corrections as per style
specified for the project, and query for unclear corrections.
