Sheridan Magazine Services: Solutions

Because many of our customers have sought our help in improving the way they work, we continue to invest aggressively in identifying and even creating solutions to the challenges you face. Our guiding mission is to provide the highest level of service for our clients, and we have both staff and services in place to make that happen.

With postal increases for periodicals having hit 12 to 15 percent since the USPS rate case took effect in May 2007, publishers and printers alike have been scrambling for ways to lessen the impact. Fortunately, this rate case also offers more work-sharing opportunities and incentives than ever before. (Learn more ...)

teamWORKS — Sheridan Magazine Services' digital asset management solution — not only makes it easier to collaborate with colleagues in remote locations, but also helps streamline digital production by identifying problem files earlier in the process. (Learn more ...)

Sheridan Magazine Services will assist publishers in delivering secure digital publications to their subscribers over the Internet.

Get the answers you need by going right to the source. Andrew Moore, formerly of our Digital Prepress department, provides technical training and coaching on our digital workflow, as well as on a wide variety of publishing software applications. See some of Andy's tips here. And Rebecca Hoeckele, a former managing editor for an association publication, is available to consult with clients on scheduling issues and editorial and production workflow concerns.

Need help organizing your job before it arrives at our doors? Over the years, we've developed a number of tools specifically to address production methods for the short-run magazine market. (More ...)

EFI Proteus®, a software application created to permit editors, art directors, production managers and others to collaborate on the assembly of a magazine, helps you track position requests, manage color placement and accommodate the last-minute changes every publisher struggles with. The end result is a digital “map” that takes into account insert positions, color imposition and ad/edit ratios. (Learn more ...)

Need help maintaining your subscriber database, managing renewal campaigns, navigating the circulation audit process or improving your subscriber profile? Learn more about our comprehensive circulation fulfillment service.

We’ve long offered our clients complimentary technical and publishing seminars. Our trainers have presented at a number of publishing-industry conferences, addressing a variety of topics. All of our workshops and seminars are available on demand, at your site or ours. (Learn more ...)