Conventional typesetting continues to be the primary energy and id of Lapiz Digital. “We’ve got constructed and leveraged our talent units, particularly in mathematical and engineering journals and academic titles,” says head of operations Meena Prakash. “Flexibility in manufacturing scheduling to satisfy tight deadlines, stringent high quality management, and meticulous challenge administration capabilities are our most important promoting factors.”
Extra small and medium publishers have approached Lapiz Digital for typesetting mixed with e-book conversions lately. “Though price stays the deciding issue for these shoppers, our challenge administration workforce has been instrumental in making the publishers snug from the second they method us,” says Prakash, whose workforce is used to onboarding and supporting new, and nervous, unbiased publishers on the lookout for assist with their titles. “This allows us to construct long-term relationships with them and generate extra revenues in return.”
The next demand for e-book conversions noticed the Lapiz workforce engaged on EPUB2-to-EPUB3 initiatives, enhanced audio e-books, and accessible EPUB3 content material. “We’ve got processed nicely over a million pages previously six months, overlaying each English and non-English content material,” Prakash says. “The large quantity and rising demand have prompted us to develop varied instruments for locating and fixing errors precisely, effortlessly, and speedily.”
Instructional initiatives requiring content material authoring with a number of functionalities—comparable to interactive video games and actions, puzzles, and quizzes—are additionally in excessive demand. “Our workforce is educated in varied content-authoring instruments, together with SoftChalk, Media Library, and H5P Exercise, that are principally appropriate with quite a few units, thus making content material rendering that a lot simpler,” says Prakash, whose workforce has been busy producing interactive parts and dealing on Ok–12 initiatives, particularly these in English and Spanish.
Although VR and MR initiatives are extra in style than ever, their adoption has been markedly slower than that of different applied sciences. “Prohibitive prices of {hardware} and improvement apart, getting expert and artistic employees to provide applicable content material is an enormous problem,” Prakash says. Her workforce not too long ago accomplished one VR challenge involving easy however participating studying apps that college students can use to simply be taught and perceive mathematical ideas.
Software program options have gained loads of traction for the reason that begin of the 12 months. Lapiz Digital’s proprietary Buyer Relationship Administration (CRM) software, as an example, is a user- and mobile-friendly answer that retains monitor of transactions and is relevant throughout completely different industries. Deep customization has enabled the app to be built-in with a shopper’s present ERP, and new options and instruments proceed to be added and upgraded.
Digital merchandise are right here to remain and develop, Prakash says. “To higher serve this development, we proceed to upskill our employees in new content material administration platforms, construct groups specializing in picture and alt-text, and develop instruments and automation for e-book conversions.”
A model of this text appeared within the 07/11/2022 concern of Publishers Weekly beneath the headline: Lapiz Digital Leverages Its Core Market Experience
