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Journals Production The Costs of Print vs Electronic Publishing. Journals Production at Taylor & Francis. Journals Production – List of Contacts External Editors, Authors, Freelance editors, Suppliers, Online Service Provider Internal
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Journals Production The Costs of Print vs Electronic Publishing
Journals Production – List of Contacts External Editors, Authors, Freelance editors, Suppliers, Online Service Provider Internal Editorial Staff, Marketing Staff, Customer Service, Internet Team
Print Production Workflow Traditional workflow - prior to e-publishing Manuscript received Copy edited Typeset to proofs Proofs corrected Postscript files sent to printer Hard copy produced (and distributed) ALL THESE ACTIONS PRODUCE COST
Print and Online Production Workflow Current workflow of print and e-publishing Manuscript/disk received Copy edited Typeset to proofs Proofs corrected Pdf files sent to printer pdf and SGML files produced sent to Online Service Provider (OSP) Hard copy produced (and distributed) Online version processed and hosted at OSP ALL THESE ACTIONS PRODUCE COST
Cost Impact Additional costs exist for publishers in: pdf and SGML files being produced and sent to Online Service Provider (OSP) Online version processed and hosted at OSP ALSO NOTE ADDITIONAL COSTS FROM SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Cost Impact What does this mean for a Taylor & Francis journal? Example journal - ENO
Cost Impact What does this mean for a Taylor & Francis journal? Example journal – ENO Editing – 11% File Creation – 52% Printing – 19% Online Costs – 13% Distribution – 5%
Cost Impact What does the user get for this additional online cost? Active reference linking to other journal articles Search capability Content alerting More than one concurrent user
Cost Impact What future benefits might also be possible from online journals? Active reference linking to other types of content Multimedia file usage Creation of customer-specific content collections from both books and journals Alerting users when similar types of content are published
How do we reduce costs for online? Print fewer copies Print annual bound issue Don’t print Reduced costs for IT Content collections – Books and Journals Reduced need for print ‘look and feel’
Conclusion The majority of costs are in file creation for online production and these are likely to continue – especially as we add functionality to the online version. However some costs will undoubtedly be saved when we do away with the printed version