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How Book Production Companies aid Publishers

Author: Mindy Grengar
by Mindy Grengar
Posted: Oct 11, 2017

Content production companies, also sometimes known as book production companies, can be of immense help to publishing houses, especially when they are engaged in the production of content that revolves around academic, scientific, or professional work. This is because publishing companies may not have the necessary expertise or talent required to copy edit, proofread, and conduct other quality check activities on the content that is being produced or published. A book production company steps in as a savior in such situations. Their team comprises of the following experts who aid publishers through the different stages of pre-production and production of the book.

  • Copyediting and proofreading experts – book production companies help publishers by offering support through professionals who are experts in varied disciplines. These individuals evaluate, validate, and conduct quality checks on the manuscripts to ensure that they are factually correct, and authentic. These experts could be from any field of study such as Business, Math, Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Calculus, Reading Comprehension, History, Psychology, Sociology, Nursing, Medical, Reference, Pharmaceutical, Language Arts, and Foreign Languages, and so on. Such professionals also aid in cross-verifying solutions presented in the textbook, and assist in developing step-by-step methods that lead to the right answer.
  • Test question writers – books designed for academic purposes, often carry a set of questions or test exercises after each module/lesson, or a comprehensive one in the end. Teams in content production companies, many a time includes test question writers who are experienced and well equipped in designing such tests for textbooks and other academic material. They are capable of developing questions of various difficulty levels, when the textbook needs test questions as an ancillary. Another area where these experts help is that of creating instruction manuals. They also help develop case studies, comprehension material, and other aids that help teachers implement the book in the classroom.
  • Designers – Not just content, but the design too is important for good presentation of a book. Book production companies often comprises of a designer team that caters to such needs in book publishing. The team focuses on aligning the individual design elements to the whole project, so that they are in sync with the expected, final results. Such professionals are trained in art rendering, image modification, document layout, and other design processes, and can work on various software available in the market.
  • XML experts – when academic material is created in digital formats, they often need to be created with XML and other tools. XML experts in book production companies help with such needs of publishers, and help them prepare content in a complete XML workflow, and provide the optimal file for output media products.
  • Artwork experts – Like other content formats, textbooks, academic material, scientific material, and those used for professional purposes need artwork that support the manuscript. Content production experts assist publishers with this need, and help them source the right images, graphics, illustrations, and other artwork that complete the content. They help select, source, create, manage, and modify such artwork to suit production and publishing needs.

In addition to the above, book production companies also help publishers by providing references of similar projects that aid in designing their textbooks and academic material. Their team also includes quality assurance staff who assure that the content for publishing meets all checklists and quality standards set in place by the client.

Progressive Publishing Services, one of the leading book publishing outsourcing companies in Pennsylvania providing book production, content development, publishing project management, E Publishing, copyediting and editorial proofreading services to authors, businesses and organizations. To know more, visit https://www.pps-ace.com/about.

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Author: Mindy Grengar

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