publishing services
Prepress Projects
Personal service Attention to detail Solid experience Focused on results
Prepress Projects has 35 years’ experience in editing, proofreading and project management. We offer publishing services to private publishers and public sector organisations throughout Europe and further afield.
Working together
Our experienced editors and project managers come from a variety of life sciences or humanities backgrounds, and we can put together a team specialising in many subject areas.
Happy clients
We aim to go the extra mile to keep you happy. We will draw up a workflow for your documents that fits with your own processes. You will have direct contact with the people working on your documents, and we will always keep you up to date on progress.
High quality
We pride ourselves on our attention to detail. Our quality assurance process is designed to ensure consistent high-quality results.
We specialise in
- Life sciences and technology
- Healthcare and medicine
- Diversity and human rights
- The environment
- Finance and banking
We are resourceful and able to put together a team of knowledgeable editorial, production or technical staff to meet the needs of unusual projects.
We work for private and public sector organisations worldwide, including UK public bodies and EU and UN agencies.
Our people
Our friendly and helpful staff have a wide variety of specialist backgrounds,
supported with in-house and external training.
How we can help you
Our services
Editing and proofreading
Our experienced editors take the utmost care over your text. We will make your publications clear, consistent and correct.
Project management
We’ll do it all: from raw copy to press-ready PDF and digital files. We will coordinate with your authors and editors, making sure everyone is on the same page.
Writing and rewriting
Articles, blog posts, reports, speeches: we research and write original copy for you. We can rewrite your text, expanding from notes and bullet points into a full analysis.
Design and illustration
We provide a full page design and illustration service, including cover design. We can design impactful charts and infographics, displaying the data clearly and getting your message across.
Typesetting and layout
We will lay out your text to your specifications, whether it's a short report or a thousand-page book. If you don't have a template, we can create one for you.
Digital services
We can produce XML to JATS or BITS standard, transform it to create other outputs for metadata feeds, and work with repositories such as Crossref, PubMed and NCBI Bookshelf to ensure your work is correctly listed.
Editorial office management
Responsive editorial office management for leading research journals. We can manage peer review, track articles, and provide regular reports.
Supplier management
Printers. Web hosts. Typesetters. We will work with all your other suppliers to keep everything running smoothly.
Consultancy and advice
We can offer training and advice, provide information on current publishing technologies and trends, or create custom workflows to improve quality and turnaround.
News
From our blog
Project Leader wanted
We are now seeking an experienced Project Leader to work full-time in one of our teams providing editing and other services to publishers and public sector organisations. This is a permanent role with a 6-month probationary period. About…
Our Employee Ownership Trust: a view from the Trustees
Our employee ownership trust (EOT) was established in October 2022. Now, a little over a year later, is a good time to look back and review how closely experience has matched expectation.
IoD award for Lucy
Our Managing Director, Lucy (centre), was awarded Director of the Year in the Small and Medium Enterprises category at this year’s Institute of Directors Scotland awards in June. Lucy has been a Director of the…
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What Clients Say
It’s been wonderful having Prepress Projects on my team – you’re a really great company to work with, not just in how much you do, but the cheeriness with which you do it.
The Royal Society
Thank you for your hard work, flexibility and professional approach to drafting a significant volume of copy. Your energy and insight shines through.
Naturescot
The support that I have received has just been great. We have gone through some difficult and some fun times but the work from Prepress has really helped to ease the pressure and enhance the experience of being an editor.
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