In a publishing market where success relies heavily on convincing and impactful content, Aptara’s developmental editors ensure your final deliverable exceeds your audience’s expectation.

Whether you’re seeking editorial counsel for a publishing project or looking for subject matter experts to develop chapters on a specific topic, Aptara delivers polished content, presentation, flow and structure, for disciplines ranging from scientific, technical, and medical to social studies, humanities, and education (for both El-Hi and College).

Editorial Services

Starting from a project’s inception or working from existing content, Aptara’s developmental editing teams systematically evaluate your project as a whole, examining and improving its core facets every step of the way, including:

• Flow
• Format
• Organization
• Pedagogy
• Tone / “Voice”
• Photos and graphics
• Chapter size management
• Clarity and style, addressing gaps in content or logic

Added Value

Our streamlined process integrates editorial services and production tasks using Aptara’s PXE Fast Publishing Platform.  Aptara PXE is used to prepare content for quick and easy repurposing for any form of output media – whether print or digital, and including eBooks for mobile device delivery.

In addition to deep domain knowledge, our developmental editors also guide your publishing project for optimal comprehension by:

• Overseeing competitive reviews
• Managing authors and contributors during the writing or revision process
• Commissioning designs and art programs
• Researching photos
• Overseeing your content through final delivery

Key Problems Solved

1. Lack of time and resources to dedicate to core writing
2. Inconsistent tone, formatting or structure of text
3. Hard-to-follow logic and sequence of content
4. Weak arguments or faulty logic

Benefits

1. More powerful, compelling and convincing content
2. Impartial and author-sensitive document editing
3. Content integrity - no gaps in logic or consistency

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