TeleScope Publishing Platform
A Revolution in Digital Publishing
North Plains’ TeleScope Publishing Platform™ (TPP) is the world’s first and only completely modular solution to address every aspect of the digital publishing workflow.
Leveraging the industry expertise gained in serving the world’s largest publishers, the TPP’s innovative design redefines how publishers create, distribute and sell their content. The powerful platform streamlines the publisher’s production workflow to dramatically improve time-to-market and capitalize on emerging revenue opportunities.
Publisher Benefits
- Slash print book production times by up to 90%
- Reduce production costs by up to 80%
- Produce eBooks at zero cost
- Automate distribution to partners and open new channels
- Sell eContent in a secure environment
Tightly Integrated, Modular Design
The TPP gives publishers the option to choose which business area(s) they most need to improve while a full system deployment provides a totally integrated, end-to-end publishing solution.
TPP Differentiators
- Provides the industry’s only truly complete digital publishing platform
- Delivers modular, scalable and flexible design options
- Uncovers new distribution channels to increase top-line revenue
- Reduces traditional publishing operation costs with a digital transformation strategy
- Enhances workflow processes to support authors, editorial teams and content creators
- Provides secure, simplified and centralized access to entire digital libraries
- Eliminates the need for multi-vendor solutions and complex, expensive integration
- Supports the rapid adoption of eReader devices and applications
- Takes advantage of new distribution methods to stay ahead of the competition
True End-to-End Publishing
From manuscript, editing and production of published content, storage and cataloguing of titles and components through to promotion, distribution and sales of content – the TPP achieves substantial reductions in cost and time-to-market for both print-based and digital content. Titles are securely stored in a flexible format that is reflowable – delivering fully formed and validated PDF, POD, eBook and HTML output on demand.
Publisher content can be quickly accessed by an online book reader and widget technology, while eBooks can be sold and delivered to individuals or as content collections to partners and institutions. Because of the granular nature of the securely stored content, compilations, mashups and custom learning objects can be produced in real time with powerful metadata providing tracking and usage reports.
The TeleScope Publishing Platform Archtecture Diagram
The TeleScope Publishing Platform Components:
Publish
Import your production-ready manuscripts, instantly convert them to future-ready XHTML and compose your books. Then instantly output them into print PDF and multiple e-book formats. There are additional packaging options from CD-ROM and SCORM through to instant Online accessibility.Remix
Once the content is created, TPP Remix provides an Advanced Content Object Management environment that moves it beyond books and documents into customized interactive documents – allowing both publishers and end users to create custom content in real time.Distribute
Your finished books are sent from TPP Publish module to TPP Archive for secure storage. Once there, TPP Distribute creates multiple, simultaneous distribution events to all your commercial partner sites, aggregators and fulfillment service providers. Your book is then made instantly available for sale on TPP Sell.Sell
The TPP Sell bookstore allows you to sell books, merchandise, e-books, Online subscriptions and subscription libraries. TPP Distribute passes the ONIX data and all format fulfillment information to TPP Sell and your books are instantly available on your booksite.Promote
From the moment your files are ready from TPP Publish you can begin working on your marketing campaigns – creating portal pages to empower better viral marketing strategies and leverage multiple, simultaneous sales channels.Digital Asset Management
TeleScope’s award-winning DAM system provides secure storage is the foundation for the TPP module suite. It provides the advanced Administration, Reporting and Workflow capabilities essential for completing a truly end-to-end digital publishing solution. Publisher covers, graphics and media can be prepared and stored in TPP DAMS – ready for use by any TPP module at any time.
Publisher Services Centre
North Plains provides professional publishing services covering a full range of consultancy, project delivery and the most comprehensive digitization programme in the marketplace. This includes the provision of publishing services for the digitization of books, design and creation of titles and eBook production, among other things. Now publishers can access North Plains’ outsourced services to reduce production times and overall costs while building in scalability to meet emerging revenue opportunities. This means that the overhead costs typically associated with managing and integrating multiple suppliers/vendors are completely eliminated.
The TeleScope Publishing Platform
The TPP is a logical extension of North Plains’ award-winning TeleScope Digital Asset Management Platform. Currently used by some of the largest and most respected publishers, TeleScope helps orchestrate and manage every aspect of the publishing process from creative through to digital book completion and archiving. The demand for eBooks, audio books and other digital products is expanding – which makes having a solution built on a single platform an essential component of every publisher’s digital workflow process and IT infrastructure.
TeleScope Print & Publishing Solutions
Leading publishers are taking on the challenge of developing an integrated digital services strategy using award-winning TeleScope solutions. These forward-thinking organizations are leveraging the power of TeleScope’s digital asset management tools for their creative, operational and workflow challenges.
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