Our Pre-editing tools provide a clean text to the copy-editors. It helps them to focus on the style of the content. Many of the natural text properties are taken care of automatically during pre-editing. In our copy editing services, we edit for overall wordiness and eliminate obvious spell errors. We make every attempt to improve the overall clarity and organisation of the manuscript. Our edited text is accompanied by an editorial summary detailing our queries, comments and suggestions to the author.
Our manuscript master copy preparation service helps to assimilate paralelly edited texts from different sources. Similarly, our Representative Copy (Repcopy) service represents all the elements of the publication. We also typemark the manuscript to ensure publishers' house styles thereby enabling consistency during the pring and electronic production stages.
Our designers are creative and have a wealth of industry experience in the area of book/journal and cover designing, adapting the design to the reader. We not only work on the specs provided by our customers, but are also creative enough to generate our own specs based on customer brief or subject matter. Special care is taken while designing journals, proceedings, and reference works to conserve white space, while ensuring readability.
We follow a semi-automated composition workflow which ensures a fast turnaround. The software tools/scripts developed by us enable accuracy in zero-error areas, special/repeat elements and tackle stacks & hyphenation related issues effectively.
As inputs to composition, we work with any or a mixture of the following:
(a) Design Specs and layout for regular paging
(b) Pattern Volume for Specless Workflow/spec generation
(c) Flexi-paging from concepts/briefs/pattern volumes
(d) Text MSS/Annotated PDF/Native format files/marked up e-files
(a) Redrawing, re-labeling, and resizing of raster and vector graphics
(b) Scanning and color correction
(c) Conversions from one image format to another image format.
(a) Manipulate words to create concise headings and sub-headings with page locators
(b) Create a network of inter-relationships of concepts, names and ideas using headings,
subheadings, cross-references, and double postings
(c) Read between the lines, analyzing the text, identifying and synthesizing concepts whether or not they are mentioned in the text
(d)
Determine the relative importance of words and concepts by subjective thinking
(e) Identify relationships and create alternate routes for information access by using cross-references that connect with each other
a) Data Capture from paper and films
(b) Data markup, viz., SGML, XML, and HTML
(c) Maintenance of third-party DTDs and stylesheets, upgradation, etc.
(d) Volume graphics conversion/scanning/capturing/repurposing
(e) Data capture of Periodicals & Forms
(f) Abstracting, indexing, and aggregation
(g) Online QA of coded content
(h) Development of DTDs, schemas, stylesheets, forms databases, processing routines and user interface, maintenance of archives
DTDs we have worked with:
With a combined expertise of more than 5 decades, our core programming and
conversion teams have worked with the following DTDs:
The objective of eBooks creation is to provide an open digital format of the conventional printed books, in the internet, easily accessible in most of the popularly available electronic reading devices, including the PC.
Capability:
DSM Soft has the capability to deliver eBooks (electronic books) in a format readable by the following devices
Amazon Kindle, Palm OS, Symbian OS, Pocket PC, Windows SmartPhone, Windows CE, Mobipocket
For enabling of easier finding of the eBook on the web, the following metadata information is populated:
ISBN, Title, Author(s)/Editor(s), Publisher/Imprint, Publisher Date, Publisher Location, CIP classification (if available, else subject classification) for meta search, Edition/Reprint Number
Our project managers are well-versed in handling either comp-only or full-service titles. They are proactive in planning, good in
communication and swift in responding to customer’s requirements. As a part of our regular training program, they are also trained in all the production processes before they
are prepared to take charge of the activity. Needless to say, any project-specific query, simple technical issues, or scheduling information are all sorted out seamlessly.
Editorial and MS Prep Services 
