Digital Publishing Consulting and Development
Black Earth Group can help you succeed with your digital publishing business.
We have many years of editorial, design, production, and software development experience in print, web, and ebook publishing. We use industry best practices, and we know what the pitfalls are and how best to avoid them.
We’re not going to apply a cookie-cutter to your business. Every publishing enterprise has its own way of working. Rather than trying to force you into our mold, we can help you craft a digital publishing workflow and business solution that is right for you, implement it, and then train your staff to use it.
Digital Publishing Services
Ebook Conversion
Converting books from print to digital is both an art and a science. At Black Earth Group, we can start with whatever digital files you have – typesetting, word processor, even PDF – and create excellent ebooks from them. (If necessary, we can also craft an ebook from a printed book using double-key transcription and high-resolution art scanning. No error-ridden OCR here.) We pride ourselves on a richer set of formatting techniques, optimization for different platforms, and a higher level of quality assurance than our competitors, at a reasonable price and with a reasonably fast turn-around. We won’t bog down your project in long delays, and we won’t cause you grief with your customers over poorly crafted ebooks. Instead, we will please you with our efficiencies, and your customers will be delighted with the quality of your ebooks.
Content Specialists: There are thousands of ebook conversion services out there, but many are barely able to produce acceptable results with even simple products. We specialize in creating beautiful, high-quality results with complex formatting, rich linking, and multi-lingual content. In addition to all kinds of fiction and non-fiction,we have done a number of projects for religious publishers, producing (for example) Bibles and Bible reference materials incorporating original language materials. This kind of richly-linked, complex content is where we shine.
Black Earth Content Server
Converting individual ebooks for you is only the beginning. Many publishers are now inundated with requests from partners who want to distribute their digital content. For certain kinds of products, editors and even authors might need ongoing access to edit the digital files that have gone into production. Handling all of these requirements is hard enough, but making sure that everyone’s copies stay up-to-date with the latest revisions can be a nightmare.
Black Earth Content Server simplifies all of this. Plus, your files are always stored securely on our servers and backed up daily. Or, if you prefer, we can set up a private content server that is integrated with your own technical infrastructure.
