Analytics – What are you learning about your readers and users?
There is no question that reader and visitor trend reports from online publications and other web content are more than a nicety, they are a necessity. Let’s face facts; analytics is now firmly lodged...
View ArticleThe Power of PDFs
For years the STM publishing industry has been focused on the development of XML-based workflows and technologies that leverage XML for the expressed purpose of enriching content and making content...
View ArticleSimplify The Proofing Process
Publishers often spend a lot of their production time managing proofs, sending email notifications to authors and making corrections, especially when working with multiple authors and multiple...
View ArticleFrom Conversion to Commerce: (or, you might call it “Profit-tunity!”)
Let’s say, as a publisher of journals and books, you want a sleek and simple way to showcase popular content online and entice new and expanding audiences to access it. Not only to access it, but to...
View ArticleA Place for Everything… (The power of 5S.)
At the risk of oversimplifying or stereotyping, I think we can generally agree that like people, there are two types of production facilities: those that try to operate through a level of clutter, and...
View ArticleFor the Love of Print
For authors, the decision to self-publish is a big one. Making the choice to market, and be the advocate of, your own writing can be a huge but rewarding undertaking. But designing the publication...
View ArticleDid you attend “Journal Production: The Basics and Beyond”?
In late May, I had the opportunity to moderate and take part in a very interesting SSP pre-conference seminar entitled “Journal Production: The Basics and Beyond”. I was excited to assist in the...
View ArticleIndependent Journals, Self-Publishers
There are countless articles, blogs, even entire websites offering advice to authors considering self-publishing their book or manuscript. From start to finish authors can find advice on how to get...
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Distributed Print Partners: Like Minds; Continents Apart
Sheridan’s Global Print Alliance and its membership in the International Printer’s Network (IPN) Global — an international network of leading-edge companies in the print, visual communications, and...
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Press Proofs: A Primer
Publishers have three basic options for proofing their publications before going to press; soft proofs, hard proofs, or “color approval” hard proofs.read more
View ArticlePaper Dummies are a Smart Idea
Page counts going up? Coming down? Are you considering a different trim size? Or maybe changing the basis weights of your papers, adding a cover wrap, French gate, or eight page cover?read more
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Changing Your Paper Weight, Page Count, or Trim Size? Don’t Guess; Calculate!
Have you ever wanted to do a quick calculation to determine the impact on the weight of your publication if you were to change your page count, the basis weight of your paper, or your trim size?read more
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Understanding Journals Overs and Unders
Most journal printers will apply a notation to their quote specifying their “overs and unders” policy when producing your journal. What exactly does that mean?And why are “overs” and “unders”...
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