Major Non-Profit Publisher Sees Cost-Savings and Greater Flexibility

Science Publishing Giant Receives Cost-Savings and Greater Flexibility from Outsourced Copy-Editing Project

Challenge

Acquiring new content from up-and-coming scientists represents more than just an important revenue stream for major scientific publishers; it also reaffirms and enhances their stature in the scientific community. Without continually refreshing their intellectual content, scientific publishers quickly lose standing and readers.

Finding new content is a challenge for all of the publishers in the scientific community, including the publishing giant that is the focus of this case study. In the year before turning to Innodata Isogen, this non-profit publisher produced 91 individual journals, 750 total issues and more than 35,000 articles. To keep-up with content demands, the publisher employed a large team of talented editors, writers and graphic artists. Adding new content, however, is not as simple as finding the supply necessary to meet demand. Each new manuscript must go through a detailed editing process, which includes copy-editing the text for accuracy and consistency before it is moved into production.

The publisher was under tremendous pressure to control costs, which meant that hiring staff members to handle the additional workfiow was not possible. How could this non-profit publisher aggressively seek new content for its vast portfolio of print and online publications without a corresponding spike in overhead costs...