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. Please note that hosted books may not require all of these services. All of these tasks are completed by the Digital Publishing Coordinator (DPC) unless otherwise noted.

Pre-Production

1. Project Transmittal/Launch meeting w/ the Acquisitions Editor(s)

   1. Amherst College Press Transmittal Spreadsheet

   2. Lever Press Transmittal folder

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

2. Assign an ISBN to the print and/or ebook (if not already supplied) via the following spreadsheets

   1. Amherst College Press ISBN Assignment sheet

   2. Lever Press ISBN Assignment sheet

   3. MPS (incl. Maize) ISBN Assignment spreadsheet

3. Review the transmittal and manuscript submission for completeness

4. Create the copyright page from the following templates

   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 the manuscript files to the vendor and request a bid (quote and schedule)

6. Send the Cover Design Brief to the cover designer*

7. Create an Asana task for the project by duplicating one of the following template cards

   1. Amherst College Press Asana template

   2. Lever Press Asana template

8. Create the TMM record

9. Request the 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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