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LaTeX composition typesetting example imageLaTeX is one of the most powerful typesetting platforms for publishers of mathematics, economics, and other content requiring the presentation of equations. But, if you’re a publisher of that type of content, let’s just admit something else about LaTeX – it’s infuriatingly complex and can make any project bloat in schedule and cost.

Through our work in the journal and academic publishing markets over the years, we have handled hundreds of books and thousands of articles with LaTeX content.  Every time a new ‘easy button’ for LaTeX appeared in the market, we too were optimistic that it would get easier to work with TeX content. But, since authors all like their own versions, plug-in’s, macros, and templates, most ‘easy buttons’ for LaTeX break the second you pour any content through them.

Sara, Kannan, Dilip from Westchester Publishing ServicesInstead of trying to bypass the problem, we invested.  In our people.  Meet US employee-owned Westchester’s offshore management team. Dilip, Sara, and Kannan scoured the industry to find the best of the best in LaTeX typesetting and consulting and hired them, and asked them to train other members of our staff. Through hiring and training over the years, Westchester has assembled an A-Team of LaTeX operators and engineers, who help The MIT Press, Princeton University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Mary Ann Liebert, and other book and journal publishers with their complex LaTeX content. We have helped Princeton and Johns Hopkins develop LaTeX templates for their authors to use, for Princeton and MIT we provide LaTeX consulting for authors, and we ensure that all of these books with critical math content are published quickly, affordably, and without issue.

Contact us to learn more about how we can help you with your LaTeX publications.

Compiled by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing and Conference Manager

In what has become an enjoyable tradition here at Westchester, I’ve asked my colleagues to tell about a book that they’re looking forward to reading during the (supposedly) more relaxing days of summer. Whether it’s a title that’s practically hot off the press or one that’s been waiting patiently for its turn in the reader’s hand, I’m pleased to once again present you with a wide array of stories true and fictional to choose from. Click on the book cover images to find out more information about these titles, and locate an independent bookstore near you that has it for sale. Happy Summer Reading!

The Fragility of GoodnessThe Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy, by Martha Nussbaum

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Why I can’t wait to read this book: Martha Nussbaum uses close readings of ancient Greek texts to investigate how luck and context determine whether someone or some action is good or ethical and examines whether such virtues are dependent on favorable factors outside of a person’s control (e.g. is goodness circumstantial–also known as the problem of “moral luck”).

Steven BarchikoSelected by: Steve Barichko, Production Editor

The Book of LifeThe Book of Life: A Novel (All Souls Trilogy #3), by Deborah Harkness

Publisher: Penguin Books

Why I can’t wait to read this book: I’ve read the first book in the series, A Discovery of Witches, and watched the live action TV show. I’m currently reading the second book and I’m as in love with it as the first one. Both books grabbed my attention right away and I couldn’t put them down. I can’t wait to read the last one to see, with everything that Diana and Matthew have been through if they prevail.  Good mix of historical knowledge, suspense, supernatural elements and romance all in one!

Selected by: Kenia Gonzalez, Customer Service Representative

 

Storytelling with DataStorytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals, by Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic

Publisher: Wiley

Why I can’t wait to read this book: As the head of sales for Westchester, I have to present a lot of data to different departments for resource planning, financial forecasts, and more. Additionally, over the past five years, Westchester’s presence in the policy group space has grown geometrically as we edit, design, and typeset hundreds of white papers, books, and journals every year, including many that have complex infographics and 4-color charts. My initial flip through Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic’s title, reflecting what she learned during her time at Google and other large companies, shows it to be a great guide to understanding visual data, as well as a primer on how to better make your point using data visualization. With luck, by the end of the summer, forecast and resource planning meetings I lead will result in less snores and more questions about why I used so much color ink from the scanner/printer next to our journals department.

Tyler M. CareySelected by: Tyler M. Carey, Chief Revenue Officer

An Absolutely Remarkable ThingAn Absolutely Remarkable Thing, by Hank Green

Publisher: Dutton

Why I can’t wait to read this book: I discovered Hank Green when he started NerdCon: Stories a few years ago—a convention in Minneapolis that celebrated all things story. I’ve followed his vlog and various projects ever since. Picking up his debut novel was a no-brainer. Can’t wait to read!

Selected by: Meg Overman, Senior Editor, K-12 Publishing Services

 

Wabi-Sabi for ArtistsWabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers, by Leonard Koeen

Publisher: Imperfect Publishing

Why I can’t wait to read this book: The Japanese aesthetic theory of wabi-sabi holds that there is profound beauty in imperfection—in objects with cracks or chips or signs of wear or repair. Of course, there’s more to it than that, and Leonard Koren distills the subject and offers guidance for artists and designers. I’ve been interested in the subject for years and finally want to finish this classic.

Selected by: Tom V. Hartmann, Business Development Manager Tom V. Hartmann

 

The Night TigerThe Night Tiger, by Yangsze Choo

Publisher: Flatiron Books (a Westchester client publisher)

Why I can’t wait to read this book: This has been sitting on my shelf since it came out in February, and I can’t wait to finally dive into it. I was initially skeptical, but the magical element pulled me in out of pure curiosity. In The Night Tiger, two characters trying to find their place in society are brought together because of a severed finger while men in their district inexplicably turn into tigers.

I love that this sounds complicated yet whimsical—sounds like the perfect summer read to me! Christina Kinsella

Selected by: Christina Kinsella, Production Editor

 

Lost DaytonLost Dayton, by Andrew Walsh

Publisher: The History Press

Why I can’t wait to read this book: True confession: I’ve started the first chapter or two of this book already and am hooked. Walsh is a local historian and professor who does an excellent job painting the landscape of forgotten neighborhoods. His prose is informational, yet breezy and engaging. His work helps shed light on how the city became what it is now and what it’s left behind.

 

Kevin J. Gray

Selected by: Kevin J. Gray, Managing Director, K-12 Publishing Services

MontaukMontauk, by Nicola Harrison

Publisher: St. Martin’s Press (a Westchester client publisher)

Why I can’t wait to read this book: I’m looking forward to reading this debut novel about a woman who spends the summer of 1938 at the famous Montauk Manor – a real and still operational resort – rubbing elbows with other high-society wives, while their husbands are conducting business in New York City, a hundred miles to the west and a world away. I grew up on “The Island” and though this story is set 80 years in the past, I’m curious to see what details the British born and bred author tucks into the story that are authentic to Long Island in general, and the East End in particular. Nicole Tomassi

Selected by: Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager

 

These recent articles also offer up several good summer reading recommendations:

Publishers Weekly – Best Books – Summer Reads 2019

The New York Times Summer Books Preview

The Washington Post – The 20 Books to Read This Summer

And of course, you can also check out our list from last year!

 

Stationers Company Shortlisted Innovation Excellence Awards 2019

Wow! We’re all really excited at Westchester Publishing Services about the news we just received that The Stationers’ Company, London’s guild for the publishing and media industries, has shortlisted Westchester’s Client Portal for its annual Innovation Excellence Awards. The Innovation Excellence Awards are an annual event honoring solutions in the following categories: Business Process, Communications, Customer Experience, Product Design, Product Performance, and Service Development. Competitors are firms that provide solutions in the printing, printing supplies, publishing, packaging, office products, promotion and communication verticals of our shared industries. Westchester’s Client Portal, which allows publishers real-time online access to each of their editorial and production projects in process at Westchester, is a no-cost project management platform developed in-house and built using the Dropbox API.

This news comes just as Westchester preps to roll out version v2019.C.05 of the Client Portal, with new features and enhancements we will announce in coming days.

The awards competition will be held at the historic Stationers’ Hall on Ave Maria Lane, near St. Paul’s Cathedral in Central London, on 25 June 2019. Stay tuned to hear how we fare, but it truly is an honor just to be nominated!

by Tyler M. Carey, Chief Revenue Officer

This past Friday, the W3C announced the final specification for EPUB 3.2 files. What does this mean for you? Well, the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) acts as the industry body for evaluating and advancing new digital file formats for use online and in devices. As part of their continual vetting of new frontiers for EPUB files, iterations over the years have supported features ranging from embedding fonts, to embedding or streaming video files, accessibility options, tracking the corresponding page numbers in print editions of titles, and more. The EPUB 3.2 standard opens up more options for using web-based content within an EPUB, as well as advances in accessibility.

Are you taking full advantage of the options available for your digital publications? Contact Westchester Publishing Services today to talk about your goals for your EPUB, mobi, XML, and other digital files. Over 150 publishers use Westchester to help them craft perfect print and digital products. Let’s talk about your EPUBs and how we can help you maximize the functionality of your digital editions.

by Tyler M. Carey, Chief Revenue Officer

I joined Wolters Kluwer’s Aspen Publishing imprint in 2001 as a sales rep. At the time, law books (and they were almost solely physical books at that time) were sold by outside sales reps, direct mail, and inside telecom sales reps.  During my time at Aspen, our website became a growing channel for sales, and we launched a series of digital products to compete with LexisNexis to ensure we got as much money for our online content as possible. Ironically, at the same time, Westchester Publishing Services – then only typesetting books in the US – was one of Aspen’s typesetters, only to be replaced by offshore typesetting operations, much the way sales jobs like the one I had held in a phone sales operation were ultimately eclipsed by online and other channels for selling law books that differed from how business had been done in the 90s.

In the intervening years, I’ve held other jobs in publishing and communications, but my roots were always in legal publishing. As US-based Westchester Publishing Services grew by buying an offshore company and recruiting key talent from other typesetters, Westchester maintained its roots in professional publishing as well – but with a difference when compared to other offshore vendors for legal, accounting, and professional content.

While many typesetting companies – especially those that proffer XML-first workflows and online editing platforms – require you to adapt to their workflows and approaches, Westchester remains a consultative, bespoke partner keen on ensuring minimal disruption for you, your authors, and your readers. Westchester’s managers, including Terry Colosimo and Mona Tiwary engage in extensive onboarding discussions with each of our professional publishing clients, to best understand the format their assets are in, when XML is needed at different stages for online platforms and more, whether editing using Bluebook, MLA, or other styles is needed, the schedules and requirements for each product or series, and the most efficient – and inexpensive – ways to getting your publications ready for print and digital release as quickly as possible. This level of effort minimizes the amount of time our professional publishing clients have to invest in adapting to a vendor, and also minimizes the amount of time they have to engage with each project once it has been sent to Westchester for editorial or production.

We have been on your side of the desk as publishers, and we want to ensure all the right questions are being asked.  Click here  to learn more about our capabilities for legal, accounting, and professional publishers, and contact us to discuss your program and how we can help you save money and ensure quality.