Management

Project manager David Fideler, Ph.D., was born into a publishing family and has 20 years experience in book production.

Between 1984 and 2004, David was the editor, production manager, and art director for Phanes Press, Inc. During that time period, he edited dozens of general trade and scholarly titles. David was the founder and editor of Alexandria, a multifaceted humanities journal published in book form, and has served as a contributing editor to two national magazines. Early in his career, he also worked as a professional typographer.

David has extensive experience in every aspect of book production and oversees each project contracted to Concord Editorial and Design.

Editorial Team

Concord Editorial has assembled a team of highly talented and experienced book editors, each of whom has many years of individual experience in the publishing industry. Thanks to the diverse background and experience of our editorial team, we are able to handle any type of project: general trade books for a popular audience; scholarly works in the humanities and social sciences; and specialized, professional texts in healthcare, technology, and the exact sciences.

Editorial Styles

Editorial and production work is available in any of the following styles:

• Chicago Manual of Style
• American Psychological Association
• Modern Language Association
• American Medical Association
• Associated Press
• Your own in-house style

Software and Data Integrity

In addition to the best text fonts, Concord Editorial has access to thousands of display fonts. Page layout is normally performed using Adobe InDesign. Page proofs and final prepress files are created using Acrobat Professional. Data is backed up on a daily basis or more frequently. Duplicate data backups are also stored at an off-site facility.

About Our Logo

Concord means “harmony” and “good proportion.”

Our logo is adapted from Champ Fleury, a treatise on the harmonious proportions of letters by Geofroy Tory (1480–1533), a master printer, type designer, and publisher of the Renaissance.