Shepherd’s commitment to customer service is what makes us a standout in the full-service arena. Every facet of prepress from copyediting to author contact to files to printer is handled by your project editor with a professionalism and knowledge that ensures a quick-turn, high-quality product. Receiving weekly status reports detailing your schedule, page length updates, and budget requirements keeps you informed of your project’s momentum. Shepherd’s time-tested workflows and procedures keep your projects on a seamless path.

Project Management

We at Shepherd review your manuscript with a studied eye, assessing its complexity level. With that in mind your discipline-specific editor is selected. You can rest assured knowing your manuscript is being edited in the same voice your author intended. Whether edited online or on hardcopy, our contingent of editors is available to ready your manuscript for production.

Copyediting

Shepherd’s proofreading staff performs both word-for-word and editorial proofing. To guarantee quality, seminars are conducted to ensure our proofreading staff continues to excel at their craft providing you with error-free pages.

Proofreading

Shepherd's paging specialist bring years of experience to your titles.  No matter how

Composition

Shepherd's creative designers bring a wide angle lens of diversity and talent to their approach.  From concept to finished layout, you are guaranteed a discipline-specific design tailored to fit your needs.

Interior/Cover Design

Our art staff uses its creative talent to deliver conceptual art programs that enhance your product.  Whether higher education or K-12, Shepherd's illustrators can produce a broad range of disciplines and styles.

Illustration

Shepherd produces professional, multiple-level indexes across all disciplines.

Indexing

1. ‣Science
   

2. ‣Humanities
   

3. ‣Math/Chemistry
   

4. ‣Business/Accounting
   

5. ‣Technical
   

6. ‣Computer
   

7. ‣Professional/Trade
   

8. ‣K-12

Example Disciplines