▪Editorial Services
From
Raw manuscript
To
Edited, structured content
From raw manuscript to clean, structured, ready-to-typeset content.
Our Sectors
Educational Publishers
Complex layouts, frequent updates, reusable content: the full chain for educational titles.
Overview
Educational publishing is where most of our work originates. Multi-edition titles, cross-references, pedagogy markup, regional variants and accessibility compliance all flow through one structured production line you can audit at every step. When a curriculum changes or a new edition is due, your content is already organised to handle it cleanly, without rekeying or reformatting from scratch.
Market context
What is changing
- Shift to structured XML content that can be reused without reformatting for each output
- Growing demand for digital-first and blended learning formats alongside print
- European Accessibility Act (EAA) raising the floor on accessible ebooks from 28 June 2025
- Procurement requirements increasingly mandating accessibility certifications for educational materials
The challenges
What educational publishers are up against
Audience challenges
- Managing complex layouts with pedagogy structures, call-outs, exercises, and answer keys
- Releasing new editions on curriculum cycles while keeping prior editions accessible
- Reusing validated content across regional variants, grade levels, and digital formats
- Keeping print and digital versions in sync when updates arrive mid-cycle
Workflow challenges
- Maintaining edition-over-edition consistency across dozens of contributors
- Coordinating subject matter experts, editors, designers, and digital teams on one title
- Producing accessible digital versions that satisfy school and government procurement requirements
- Validating cross-references and exercise linkage across print and interactive digital
Process
How it works
- From
- Raw manuscript
- To
- Accessible ePub3 · XML · PDF · ONIX
Editorial
Typesetting
Digital
Relevant services
What we run for you
Case studies
Proven with educational publishers
| Aspect | Desktop publishing (InDesign) | Structured XML publishing |
|---|---|---|
| Primary output | Print-ready PDF | Any format from one source (print, ePub3, data) |
| New edition cost | High: layout must be rebuilt | Low: only changed content is updated |
| Content reuse | Manual copy-paste | Automatic: content is reused by reference |
| Accessibility | Requires separate export and remediation | Built into the output pipeline by default |
| Contributor coordination | File-based, version conflicts common | Model-based, changes tracked in structured format |
Good to know
- Structured content
- Content stored with explicit semantic labels (headings, exercises, answers, call-outs) rather than as styled text. Structured content can be queried, reused, and published across formats without manual reformatting.
- Edition management
- The practice of tracking what changes between successive editions of a title while preserving the validated content that carries forward. Good edition management reduces the cost of new editions and the risk of introducing errors when updating.
What is structured content in educational publishing?
Structured content means that each element of a textbook (a learning objective, an exercise, an answer, a call-out box) is stored with a defined type and role rather than as plain formatted text. This lets the same content be published in a printed textbook, a digital learning platform, and an accessible ebook without reformatting. It also makes updates faster because you change the content in one place rather than in each output file.
How does XML publishing differ from desktop publishing for educational books?
Desktop publishing (InDesign, QuarkXPress) produces a layout file optimised for one output, typically print. XML publishing stores content in a format that is independent of layout, so multiple outputs can be generated automatically. For educational publishers releasing print, PDF, ePub3, and interactive digital from the same title, XML reduces duplication significantly and makes updates much less expensive.
Frequently asked questions
How do you support content reuse across multiple editions?
We store content in a structured XML format with a clear model for what changes between editions and what stays constant. When a new edition is due, only the changed elements are updated; the rest carries forward automatically. This avoids the rekeying and reformatting that typically makes new editions expensive.
Can you keep a print title and its digital version in sync?
Yes. Both formats are generated from the same structured source. When content changes, whether a curriculum update or a correction, it is made once in the source and both the print PDF and digital version update together. There is no separate digital maintenance step.
Do your ebooks meet accessibility requirements for school procurement?
Our ePub3 output meets the technical requirements of the European Accessibility Act and WCAG standards. For educational publishers, this matters because school and government procurement increasingly requires documented accessibility compliance. We can provide the technical evidence to support your submissions.
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