Casemate Group Launches New Workflow Platform For Book Publishers At Digital Book World

PHILADELPHIA and OXFORD, England, Sept. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- On 2 October 2018 at Digital Book World in Nashville, Tennessee, Casemate Group will launch MINERVA giving publishers a major step forward in streamlining work flow through their new platform.  Casemate Group, a highly regarded book publisher and a market leading distributor, developed MINERVA not only to improve their own production, but saw a need for many publishers to take a big technological step forward to improve their efficiencies and lower expenses. 

As a distributor, Casemate combines a tailored, progressive and personal service with a global, multi-sector, full distribution offering. Through Casemate Publishing Services (CPS), Casemate provides intelligent services and solutions that leverage the latest technological advances to provide an accelerated, economic, and quality-driven publishing experience. From submission of manuscript through final deliverables, CPS delivers a wide array of pre-production, production and post-production services, helping small to medium-sized publishers efficiently manage their workflow, produce more books and reduce costs.

CPS' Minerva publishing platform automates up to 90% of the production workflow from technical editing to typesetting and simultaneous output of print and digital deliverables. Minerva's agile design enables both a non-XML and XML-first automated workflow, depending on the specific needs of the publisher.

With the ability to provide highly customized workflows and a wide array of design templates in addition to multiple languages, Minerva facilitates the transition from one production stage to another, ensuring a transparent understanding of where book production is at any given moment during the process.

Minerva offers:

• centralized, cloud-based operational tool customized to fit your specific workflow requirements
• effective web-based platform for collaborating with key stakeholders through a well-organized communication system
• easy-to-use interface
• comment and chat features
• real-time email alerts
• variety of reporting options

Core Benefits:

• Achieve up to a 30% cost savings through Minerva's lean and efficient production environment
• Simplify and streamline the entire publishing process from simple to complex workflows
• Ensure a secure and version-controlled environment with seamless integration across all stages
• Faster time to market with zero compromise on quality of deliverables
• Multiple stakeholders can access relevant tasks from anywhere at anytime
• Concise and intuitive dashboard experience providing a transparent view of a project's metadata, source files, delivery schedules and communication history
• Efficient workflow that improves your publishing process and reduces operation and production time
• Highly secure cloud-based system with permission- and role-based access.
• Easily adopt Agile, Scrum and Kanban principles into your publishing program

CPS' vision is to create a dynamic and transparent publishing ecosystem that nurtures technology-driven innovation, quality-enabled efficiency, and a rapid market output with the customer at its heart. From project management to typesetting, copy editing, indexing, and digitization, Minerva will save time and money. It is our mission to partner with publishers and create a futuristic publishing landscape through affordable technology and human expertise.

Connect with us to learn how Casemate Publishing Services can propel your publishing program to the next level. Visit us at Digital Book World October 2-4 at booth #503 or go to our website https://www.casemategroup.com/.

SOURCE Casemate Group