Editorial and Book ProductionEasily meet publishing dates. Improve utilisation of resources. The IBS Bookmaster Editorial and Book Production system is specifically designed to help publishers manage the entire process of producing books and related items.
Spans the entire Publishing Process
It is driven by user-definable business rules, making it extremely flexible and suitable for all types of publishers. It can be used for non-book items (eg CDs, videos, web sites, e-books) as well as traditional books and spans the entire publishing process, from initial publishing plan, through acceptance of books into the warehouse. It allows publishers to compare actual costs and sales with pre-publication estimates and budgets to provide a true profit and loss for each title.
Developed with worldwide publishers
This system has been developed in conjunction with major publishers worldwide including academic publishers like Addison Wesley Longman (Singapore) and Pearson Education (Australia), trade publishers such as Penguin (Australia) and government publishers like Learning Media (New Zealand).
Benefits-
Lowers publishing costs through:
- Improved utilisation of in-house and external resources
- Tighter control over publishing costs
- Elimination of re-keying of information and duplication of data
- Reduction in errors and the need to re-do work
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Increased ability to meet forecast publishing dates
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Extensive management information
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Use of templates for rapid project set-up
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Automation of many internal processes. Eg Estimating and Scheduling
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More accurate profit and loss and break even estimates
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Comparison of actual profit and loss against pre-publication estimates
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Greater profitability
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Increased shareholder value
Features
Editorial & Book Production covers the following steps in the editorial and book publishing process:
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Planning
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Specifications
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Estimating & budgeting
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Cost management
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Project management/scheduling
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Resource management
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Amortisation
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Paper control
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Reporting
Integrated and controlled production of books
This system brings together many functions that are currently managed manually or via spreadsheets by most publishers into one integrated and controlled system. It is also integrated with the core IBS Bookmaster publishing and distribution system so executives can easily and quickly see the progress of publishing plans and individual projects and can compare estimates with actuals on an individual or aggregated basis.
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