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When you select Generic as your full-service provider, we become your
staff for that selected project and we apply your standards to its review,
revision, design, editing, and composition. You make no commitment to
increased overheads or headcount. There are two times when this is necessary: when you must increase capacity without committing yourself to increased staff, or when you want to explore a new area of business without long-term investment. Increasing your capacity A growing list means that new books are being produced in advance of
hiring sufficient staff (the unheard-of alternative is that sufficient
staff is hired in advance and allowed to wait for new materials!). Or
a special event or unexpected project forces you to juggle your priorities
and schedules. As a result, some books must wait until growth slows,
staff is expanded, or Generic is called. A second situation occurs despite the fact that EDP staff is usually
stable: there still will be some turnover and remaining staff cannot
divide up all the work. Projects start falling behind until the staff
is brought back to strength or you turn to Generic. A need for increased capacity commonly occurs with books that have narrow marketing windows. For instance, the college window of November-January or the fall trade window create times when your EDP staff simply cannot handle all the books demanding attention. When your schedules cannot be met with your current staff, rely on Generic's track record to pick up your overload. Our management with sixty years of inhouse publishing experience understands your needs, our quality-control staff ensures that your standards will be maintained on the project, and our book designers and editors are the best in the business. Developing new markets Generic has experience and can help you in the academic and trade markets
of economics, business, sociology, psychology, physics, chemistry, medicine,
music, philosophy, literature, and history. In terms of publishing skills, we are professionals in project planning,
development, design, editing, composition, art, proofreading, and indexing. We can attend your meetings, make presentations to authors or management, work with you to develop plans for electronic or alternative formats, and handle the entire production process. Misconceptions about full-service At Generic, we take pride in the quality of our craft and allow no corner-cutting. We canproduce faster, however, because your low-priority book is our high-priority project. If you were to concentrate all your efforts on a smaller part of the publishing process or on a shorter list, your in-house operation also could produce a specific book faster. Another misconception about full-service suppliers is that a book can
be produced more cheaply than through in-house efforts. Generic does not pay midtown rents, but we use professional resources comparable to those you would use. Your savings lies in not having to invest in equipment, staff, training and project supervision, and other long-term resources. A third expectation is that full-service suppliers have silver bullets
and can succeed where others fail. Generic actually has three silver bullets. We are small(our editors, designers, and typographers work together); we are cooperative(our people interact to solve problems); and we integrateediting, design, and production, so that these tasks are done only once—correctly. Success with full service Once we have gained your commitment to this plan, we will review the project on a continuing basis and keep you informed of progress. This continual review and reporting process is a safety net that reinforces commitment to the plan, alleviates anxiety, rewards proper performance, and allows us to meet ourgoal. Our goal is simple: to meet or exceed your expectations, because only in this way can we ensure that you are satisfied on completion and will continue to use Generic to fulfill your full-service needs.
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