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. Click the links for specific instructions on how to complete each step.

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

12. Vendor quote and schedule approved

13. Enter all schedule dates in for the Asana tasksubtasks

14. Send the schedule to the author(s)

Production

Design Sample

1. Receive the design sample from Newgen 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

Front Cover

1. Receive the front cover ideas from cover designer*

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

7. Add front cover JPEGs for print and ebook to I:\UMP\webapp\umpweb\covers

8. Create Upload the final cover file for TMM ingestion

9. 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

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