Prepress
Composition
We typeset more than 10,000 books per year, covering multiple genres, for hundreds of publishers large and small
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Standard – our standard composition services include production of a first proof; rounds of corrections; delivery of an x1a PDF print file + a reflowable epub (ePDF, Indesign, XML files optional)
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Custom – for larger publishers (100+ titles per year) we offer custom web-based composition solutions, centered around an XML workflow, that significantly reduce throughput times and per-title costs
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Full Service – we offer project management that, working directly with the author(s), takes the manuscript through the entire prepress process, delivering proofread, copy- edited x1a PDF print files
We typeset more than 10,000 books per year, covering multiple genres, for hundreds of publishers large and small
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Standard – our standard composition services include production of a first proof; rounds of corrections; delivery of an x1a PDF print file + a reflowable epub (ePDF, Indesign, XML files optional)
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Custom – for larger publishers (100+ titles per year) we offer custom web-based composition solutions, centered around an XML workflow, that significantly reduce throughput times and per-title costs
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Full Service – we offer project management that, working directly with the author(s), takes the manuscript through the entire prepress process, delivering proofread, copy- edited x1a PDF print files
Editorial
Our highly professional editorial team uses CMOS by default, but works with other standards, as needed. All of our editorial work is done by native speakers. For English all of the work is done in the US and Canada
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Proofreading ( English, French, Spanish ) *
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Copyediting : light, medium, heavy (English, French, Spanish ) *
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Index creation
* English language proofreading and copyediting is done in the US and Canada
Our highly professional editorial team uses CMOS by default, but works with other standards, as needed. All of our editorial work is done by native speakers. For English all of the work is done in the US and Canada
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Proofreading ( English, French, Spanish ) *
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Copyediting : light, medium, heavy (English, French, Spanish ) *
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Index creation
* English language proofreading and copyediting is done in the US and Canada
Design
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Our highly regarded design department provides custom interior layouts and creative cover designs, including front, back and spine, formatted per publisher’s printer’s specifications.
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Our highly regarded design department provides custom interior layouts and creative cover designs, including front, back and spine, formatted per publisher’s printer’s specifications.
Automated end to end publishing solutions
Our Nordsoft division supplies customized software-based solutions that match a wide range of our customers’ needs, ranging from automated typesetting to creating a B2C solution featuring an online bookstore and a white label e-reader app.
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At Nordsoft, our technology arm, we provide custom solutions to streamline prepress production
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Our team of 25+ developers and software engineers covers the gamut of publishing genres, from academic to scholarly to trade to children’s books- and everything in between
Our Nordsoft division supplies customized software-based solutions that match a wide range of our customers’ needs, ranging from automated typesetting to creating a B2C solution featuring an online bookstore and a white label e-reader app.
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At Nordsoft, our technology arm, we provide custom solutions to streamline prepress production
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Our team of 25+ developers and software engineers covers the gamut of publishing genres, from academic to scholarly to trade to children’s books- and everything in between
