Each project is, of course, a bit different. We will determine your specific needs when initiating a project. Editorial, design, and production work are also available separately.

Initiate Project

• Generate preliminary quote
• Receive text files and hard copy from client
• Provide final quote and receive client authorization to begin project
• Determine appropriate style: Chicago Manual of Style or alternate style guide

Copyediting

• Perform standard copyedit for grammar, spelling, punctuation, consistency of style and usage, and clarity of expression
• Create a style list for the project and check for consistency
• Note author queries
• Identify typographical and formatting corrections
• Update word processing files
• Send edited manuscript proofs with changes indicated to client and/or author for approval, response to queries, and corrections, if required by project; if not required, proceed to layout

Design

• Replicate client’s book design if requested or create a new design that complements the book’s tone and matches the desired length
• Submit book design and projected length to client via e-mail; receive approval or make alterations

Layout and Proofreading

• Lay out and format book pages
• Add page heads and numbers
• If required, add Cataloging-in-Publication data when available
• Proof typeset pages against dead copy
• Proof all typography and formatting
• Enter and double-check corrections

Final Page Proofs and Corrections; Project Delivery

• Transmit page proofs to client and author for final corrections and approval
• Collate corrections upon receipt
• Enter and double-check corrections
• Provide client with hard copy or PDF proof of final project
• Add index when received
• Client signs off on project after reviewing the index
• Transmit work to printer in Adobe Acrobat format on CD, as a high-resolution, output-ready PDF file, with a set of final page proofs
• Bill client
• Review bluelines for client, if desired

Archive

• Provide client with a digital archive of all project files on CD
• Maintain a separate digital archive of all project files at the Concord Editorial and Design office