Editorial Schedule Follow
The editorial schedule screen is designed to track cyclical tasks associated with the creation of the project before it enters Book Production. From this screen, you can assign tasks:
- by type - proposal, manuscript, report, final manuscript, revised manuscript, referees, sample chapters.
- by role - author, editor, referee, reviewer
Complete Schedule:
The items here are hardwired, and appears as is in all systems.
Active Tasks:
To keep an eye on your Active Tasks, fill in the fields on the Editorial Schedule screen as below.
1. Choose a: type. In our example, we've selected manuscript.
2. Choose a role, for instance author. The role is linked implicitly to the selected contacts on the contacts tab.
3. Assign the deadline date. When the manuscript returns, for instance, fill in the received dates & then archive the task. This will then move all the dates to the lower left portion of the screen.
You may track multiple active tasks concurrently, as shown below:
4. Click on the "+" symbol to expand the thumbs up and thumbs symbols:
5. Click on the correct one depending on whether the received material was accepted or rejected. Eg: a contact may reject the prospect of reviewing the work. The selected item is recorded in the history.
6. You can add costs and notes by clicking on the blue cost and note buttons:
7. Choose from the calendar dates when a Decision was Accepted, Withdrawn or Rejected or when it was sent / will be sent to Production.
8. Fill in the Completion Schedule with relevant dates.
Here you can see all the previous tasks and what happened with them.
9. Once you are finished, click on the Update button. You can move onto the next tab to: record rights held.
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