Content Comparison

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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. 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

3. 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

4. Review the transmittal and manuscript submission for completeness

5. Create the copyright page from the following templates. Save it in the project folder with the manuscript files.

   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

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

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

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. Receive the quote and schedule from the vendor. Save them to the project folder under “Newgen Bid.”

12. Send the vendor quote and schedule to the editor for approval

13. Vendor quote and schedule approved

14. Enter all schedule dates for the Asana subtasks

15. Send the schedule to the author(s)

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1. Receive the design sample from Newgen. Save to the project folder under “Design Sample” and review.

   1. For Lever titles, make sure the layout follows the Lever Press Typesetting Notes

2. Send the design sample to the editor for approval

3. Design sample approved

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1. Receive the front cover ideas from cover designer*. Save to the project folder under “Cover.”

2. Send the front cover ideas to the editor*

3. Send front cover feedback to cover designer (repeat steps 1 & 2 as needed)*

4. Front cover approved by editor*

5. Send front cover to author(s) for minor text changes only*

6. Front cover approved. Save to the project folder.*

7. Upload the final cover file for TMM ingestion

8. Create the Fulcrum monograph page

   1. E-mail the author(s), editor, and marketing team the link

   2. For Lever titles, this step is done during post-production tasks

Copyediting

1. Receive copyedit copyedited files from vendor and review

2. Send copyedit to author(s)

3. Receive copyedit feedback from author(s) and review

4. Send copyedit feedback to vendor

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1. Receive typeset PDF from vendor and review

2. Send typeset PDF to author(s)

3. Receive typeset PDF feedback from author(s) and review

4. Send typeset PDF feedback to vendor

5. Receive final typeset PDF from vendor and review

6. Send final typeset PDF to author(s)*

7. Final typeset PDF approved

8. Final interior files delivered from vendor

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