Editorial coordination

An editorial project is at the same time a creative act, a set of literary, linguistic and editorial activities, duly planned and coordinated, and a final product: the editorial object, either digital or printed. The quality of this product will depend, to a great extent, on its planning, on the efficiency of the project management and on the correct choice of the human and material resources assigned.

Due to their complex, creative and interdisciplinary nature, publishing projects pose specific planning and management challenges. Each publishing project is a unique work that often encompasses a whole constellation of tailor-made processes. Editorial coordination is the management of all these processes.

Key notions

A publishing project consists of two main stages:

  • the planning stage, which should be given the necessary time and resources to avoid difficulties and mistakes later on; and
  • the implementation stage, which in turn basically includes creation, editing and production.

Editorial management is responsible for conceiving and developing the publication plan of which a particular publishing project is part.

Editorial coordination is the management of the complete editorial project, from its conception through to final delivery, with the aim of meeting the objectives and quality criteria set for each process. First and foremost, the editorial coordinator ensures that the objectives and quality criteria of each process are met.

Editorial planning

First of all, there must be a planning of the publishing project. At this stage, questions such as the following will be answered:

  • What editorial product do we want to create?
  • Will it be a book, a magazine, a blog?
  • Digital or printed?
  • Will there be one or more authors?
  • Apart from the author of the original, what other professionals will be involved in the correction processes, the design and composition, the layout, the translation, the illustrations?
  • What will be the total cost of the project?
  • How much time will be needed for production?

Once the general characteristics of the project have been defined, the workflow needs to be established. The following elements, inter alia, should be planned:

  • the whole set of required processes;
  • the professionals who will be involved in each task; and
  • the deadlines for the execution of each task.

Each process must undergo strict quality controls. The management system we use here at textinnova helps us plan all phases of the project and calculate the costs. The result of this work is a flow chart that contains all the information needed to prepare the budget and the project timeline.

Content creation, editing and editorial production

Once the project begins, the workflow set up at the planning stage not only serves as a guide for the coordinator, it also allows many of the functions to be automated. Moreover, it helps to keep a tight control of deadlines and to monitor quality.

For example, tasks are assigned to each professional automatically on the scheduled date, as soon as the immediately preceding process is completed. In order to avoid delays, notification systems are set up to signal the approach of the end of a planned period.

Thus, communication between the different parties is unified and is documented within the system itself, the same as with the administrative processes associated with each task (hiring, delivery of work, billing, payment control, etc.).

The efficiency of the management process has an impact on the final quality of the editorial product, because it helps professionals to focus on their assigned functions, reduces the time spent on related administrative tasks and makes the job of coordinating all the processes much easier. The same system manages the functions of all the professionals involved in the project (authors, translators, reviewers, layout designers, designers, etc.), under the close supervision of the coordinator.

Legacy + innovation = textinnova

Our goal is to combine legacy expertise from the world of books and academic journals with advanced linguistic, editorial and management technology, integrated and configurable according to the specific needs of each project.

In the current climate of unstoppable digitisation, we’re encouraged by the desire to make the digital universe a space for quality editorial content, the great project of editorial projects, tailored to the most demanding readers.

That is why we propose modern and professional ways to create useful,well-edited content that rekindles the pleasure of reading.

By doing so, we aim to counteract the algorithmic production of pseudo-texts that feed the Internet with worthless content.

Editorial coordination with high added value

At textinnova, we offer you an efficient and customised editorial coordination service, which includes the following high added value functions:

Planning

  • initial design and planning of the editorial project;
  • definition of the workflow, consisting of processes, tasks and quality controls;
  • costing and budgeting;
  • selection and coordination of the team of professionals who will collaborate in each process;
  • planning the schedule in accordance with the deadlines and requirements of the project.

Content creation, editing and editorial production

Another complementary service we provide is the alignment of academic articles to the style standards of each publication.

This increases the likelihood that the study will successfully pass the peer review filter and, consequently, be accepted in renowned academic journals. This process may require slight formal interventions or deeper changes in the general design and composition of the text.

On the other hand, we optimise your text in formal aspects, taking care of every single detail, citation rules, paragraph layout...

We also provide you with guidelines to make the structure of the text clearer, avoiding redundancies, inaccuracies, ambiguities, in order to reinforce the argumentative development of the text.

Ultimately, we can go a step further and also improve the content of the text from an academic and editorial perspective.

At the service of authors, publishers and other companies

Editorial coordination is a cross-departmental process that can also be adapted to fit in with the specific needs of each client. It has traditionally supported the work of publishers, offering them the possibility of delegating all or part of the production of their catalogue. However, the usefulness of the service doesn’t end there.

Editorial projects are also an interesting resource for enhancing any company brand. That’s why at textinnova we offer companies a complete editorial coordination service that includes not only editing processes, but also the all-round conception of the project and advice that accompanies the client at every step.

Lastly, coordinated editorial services help authors to manage the editing of their work and prepare it for publication in an efficient and completely customised way.

Whether you are an author or whether you run a publications department or you want to create an editorial product that increases your company’s prestige, at textinnova you’ll find everything you need to promote your next editorial project. Shall we talk?

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