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As publishers, we take on the process from origination to the final distribution of published works. The publishing process includes editing, proof-reading and layout. Once the immediate commercial decisions are taken and the technical legal issues resolved, the author may be asked to improve the quality of the work through re-writing or smaller changes, and the staff will edit the work. As a rule we may insist on our house style, and staff will copy edit to ensure that the work matches the style and grammatical requirements of specific markets. Editing may also involve structural changes and requests for more information. We may also do fact checking on works submitted.
When a final text is agreed upon, the next phase is design. This may include artwork being commissioned or confirmation of layout. Artworks may include photographs. This process prepares the work for printing through processes such as typesetting, dust jacket composition, specification of paper quality, binding method and casing.
The activities of typesetting, page layout, the production of negatives, plates from the negatives and, for hardbacks, the preparation of brasses for the spine legend and imprint are all computerised. If the work is to be distributed electronically, the final files are saved as formats appropriate to the target operating systems of the hardware used for reading, where the final work is in the e-book format, or printing. These may include PDF files.
As a matter of policy, printing of our works is outsourced to service providers who use modern direct imaging presses. As part of our undertaking, we negotiate intellectual property rights with original right owners on material that emanates from secondary sources.