One milestone map
Connect editorial handoff, typesetting, proofs, corrections and print-ready approval. Record owners, dependencies and target dates for each title.
Publishing operations · Discovery pilot
InPublish
See the blocker. Assess the printer date.
Review the next follow-up.
Bring three book titles. Together, we map the milestones, make vendor handoffs visible and monitor agreed turnaround times in a 14-day assisted setup.
Assisted pilot proposal. Scope, price and start date agreed after discovery.
- 14 days
- Assisted setup
- 3 titles
- Focused pilot scope
- Your SLAs
- Agreed turnaround targets
Advisory desk
What could move the printer date?
Calculated demo advice · Fictional remaining effort · Not live AI
Committed printer date
2026-11-06
Calculated print-ready
2026-11-10
Printer date at risk · 2-day slip
Proof approval is holding the dependency chain. The calculated print-ready date is 2026-11-10, 2 business days after the printer slot. Request a confirmed turnaround before discussing a replacement slot.
Dependency evidence
- Proof approval2026-11-02
Maya Chen · 3 business days remaining (assumed) · Target 2026-10-26
- Preflight checks2026-11-06
Eli Ross · 4 business days remaining (assumed) · Target 2026-10-30
- Print-ready approval2026-11-10
Eli Ross · 2 business days remaining (assumed) · Target 2026-11-02
Monday–Friday, no holidays. Each unfinished step starts after its dependencies; completion is no earlier than its scheduled target. Remaining effort is illustrative, not vendor history. Printer date is a fixed fixture; this is not a delivery guarantee.
Recovery scenario
Scenario print-ready: 2026-11-10
2 business days beyond the printer date · Preview only
A shorter turnaround needs owner confirmation. No dates, completions or commitments are changed.
Follow-up outbox
Owner: Maya Chen · Trigger: Printer date at risk
Operational follow-ups require agreed recipients, sending rules and a verified email domain. No automatic follow-up sequence runs here.
The three-title offer
Less status chasing. More visibility.
Start with titles already in production, not a company-wide migration. Your production editors and vendors retain their responsibilities.
Agreed SLA monitoring
Set turnaround targets for selected vendor handoffs. Review due, overdue and blocked work against your agreed business-day rules.
Governed AI assistance
Explore evidence-linked status summaries and proposed follow-ups. Editors review messages and approve consequential actions; AI does not approve a title for press.
Your 14-day assisted setup
The proposed schedule starts once access, title scope and pilot terms are agreed. Integration work is scoped separately.
Days 1–3
Discover & scope
Select three titles, understand the workflow and agree owners, handoffs and success measures.
Days 4–7
Map & configure
Set milestones, vendor turnaround targets, calendars and escalation responsibilities.
Days 8–12
Monitor & refine
Review title status together, inspect late handoffs and tune alerts against actual production updates.
Days 13–14
Review & decide
Assess coverage, data gaps and team usefulness. Agree whether a broader rollout is worth pursuing.
Bring the workflow, not the manuscript.
Discovery needs a production process and a willing operations owner. Confidential content can stay outside the initial conversation.
- Three representative titles and their current stages
- Milestone dates, owners and vendor handoff targets
- An existing tracker or a redacted workflow example
- A production lead for setup and review
Pilot review
Measure what changes.
Review milestone coverage, update freshness, handoffs outside target and time spent preparing status reports. Establish a baseline together—no promised percentage savings or guaranteed deadline improvement.
SLA monitoring means tracking agreed targets. It is not a vendor performance guarantee or an automated replacement for your production team.
Your data, your model
InPublish maps your process. It never takes your business.
Our structured model of your workflow exists to serve you. These are the commitments we make to every client.
You own your data and your model
Your records and the way your process is configured belong to you. We own only the generic industry templates.
No cross-client learning
One client's rates, margins or schedules are never used to advise another client without written consent.
We won't compete with you
InPublish will not become a publisher, and InNumber will not become an accounting practice that pursues your clients.
Advisory, never autonomous
Suggestions are proposals. Nothing changes dates, vendors or balances until an authorised person on your team approves it.
Minimum data
We ask only for the fields a report needs, and keep each client's workspace separated from every other.
Leave any time
Export your titles, milestones and reports whenever you choose; your process map goes with you.
Independent security certification is planned as we grow; we will not claim it until it is completed.
Before the pilot
Apply for a pilot
Where does your production handoff stall?
Tell us about your publishing house and the three titles you'd start with. Our team reviews every application personally and replies by email.