Allen Press recently hosted the Allen Press Webinar Series Best Practices and Innovative Solutions, designed for the editorial office staff of scholarly and professional publishers. Four online seminars were presented offering valuable tips for streamlining workflow and creating efficiencies in the editorial office. Slides from the presentations and video of the events are available at http://allenpress.com/events/webinar/presentations.
 

The first webinar was Annotating PDFs: A Piece of the Digital Workflow Puzzle, which focused on how to use PDFs to improve efficiency and enhance communication. It covered basic and advanced tools, as well as viewing and printing options, and demonstrated how publishers can save time and money while increasing accuracy. 

The second webinar, Using Kodak InSiteTM: Uploading and Proofing Files, addressed how “soft proofing” works – a key to expediting proofing, communication, and file processing. 

The third webinar, Managing Production Costs and Reader Preferences, explored suggestions for managing the cost of production, implementing cost-saving technologies for the editorial office, and combining technologies to provide flexible delivery of your content to meet a variety of reader preferences.

The last webinar in the series, Best Practices for Publish Ahead of Print, explored several models used by publishers who expedite the dissemination of information online, before a printed version can be produced.