Gene Therapy: From Book Proposal to Profit
Earlier in the process, though, the editorial department enters prospective new titles into Princeton’s Press Wide Database, a workflow and project management system built by the press. The tracking process is similar to that of Stanford’s. It moves a title from the “speculative plan” to the “contract plan,” and then to production, where a job number is assigned.
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.