As a content production company, PPS combines publishing service experience and technologically-driven solutions to provide clients with quality projects. Our team offers assistance for the “upstream” publishing groups working with authors, accuracy checkers, and developmental editors. We pull all the working parts together before production begins to create a seamless workflow so your project goes smoothly from start to finish. To aid in developing and creating your visual or written asset, PPS provides expert staff to meet your specific project needs. In addition to a production manager, certain projects may require one or more of the following:
- Test question writers who meet state standards and various difficulty levels if your project requires test questions as an ancillary to your textbook. We also have writers who create instructor’s manuals and case studies to aid teachers in implementing your content in the classroom or online.
- A design team that helps you focus on the project’s overall appearance and guide you in making that dream come to life. Our staff is capable of supporting art rendering or image modification and document layout using Quark, InDesign, or your preferred software application.
- Experienced XML staff who help prepare your content for a full XML workflow, giving you the optimal file for output media products.
In addition to content creation, we are a great resource for further developing your project. For example:
- We can provide similar projects as inspiration for your project. This may help lay out a schedule for the project completion or aid in choosing a design for your book.
- If your project is a persuasive piece, we can provide supporting evidence as well as counter-arguments to be included in your project.
- We can help select, create, and modify art for your project. This includes photographs, line drawings, graphs, and videos.
Additional PPS content production services include:
Accuracy Checking
Scientific or technical content often needs fact and accuracy checking to confirm correct calculations and up-to-date information. PPS’s experts are professionals whose knowledge and experience help certify quality content and a thorough accuracy check.
Our staff specialists coordinate closely with clients to ensure world-class quality content for print and multichannel products. We specialize in the production of content that includes a wide range of disciplines: business, chemistry, physics, calculus, math, engineering, psychology, sociology, nursing, medical, reference, pharmaceutical, reading comprehension, history, language arts, and foreign languages.
Problem Solving, Answer Verification, and Creating Solutions Manuals
Along with accuracy checking, PPS checks and verifies solutions to problems in a variety of fields such as math, statistics, probability, and engineering. During problem solving, the solutions contained in answer keys are also verified for accuracy. Solutions manuals can be created for your convenience showing the step-by-step work required to achieve the correct answer for each problem.
Permissions Coordination
Our permissions coordination relieves clients of hours of tedious work involving research and phone calls. Our experts track items requiring permission, invoices, and final contacts. PPS reviews text and art manuscripts to locate borrowed materials like art, tables, text, and photos and contacts the sources to obtain permission. The appropriate credit is then given to the material to avoid copyright issues.
Our quality assurance staff confirms that the content meets the project’s guidelines and expectations. By consulting our checklists along with any supplied by you, PPS guarantees the quality of the final project released for various types of products.