Let’s make a book! This TOC includes the full process of bringing a print book (and usually, an eBook or OA format) from final manuscript through to publication. Hosted books Please note that hosted books may not require all of these services.

Pre-Production

1. Project Transmittal/Launch meeting

   1. Amherst College Press Transmittal Spreadsheet

   2. Lever Press Transmittal folder

   3. Maize/MPS (no imprint books) Launch Form

2. Assign ISBN to print and/or ebook (if not already supplied)

   1. Amherst College Press ISBN Assignment sheet

   2. Lever Press ISBN Assignment sheet

   3. MPS (incl. Maize) ISBN Assignment spreadsheet

3. Review transmittal and manuscript submission for completeness

4. Create copyright page

   1. ACP template: I Drive: MPublishing/Publishing Services/Projects/Amherst College Press/_ACP Copyright Page Template

   2. Lever template: I Drive: MPublishing/Publishing Services/Projects/Lever Press/Copyright page template Lever Press.docx

   3. Maize template: I Drive: MPublishing/Publishing Services/Projects/Maize/Copyright_page_template

5. Send files to vendor and request a quote and schedule

6. Send Cover Design Brief to cover designer*

7. Create Asana task

   1. Amherst College Press Asana template

   2. Lever Press Asana template

8. Create TMM record

9. Request LoC PCN

10. Create a JIRA ticket for Fulcrum resources (if needed)

    1. Jira ticket template

11. Send vendor quote and schedule to editor for approval

12. Vendor quote and schedule approved

13. Enter all schedule dates in Asana task

14. Send schedule to author(s)

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