Dimo – Editorial / Title Management

Using the navigation bar at the left of the screen click Editorial then Title Management.

This page facilitates the book information that was created when setting up a new title. It also holds editable information in summary inputted from the Publishing pages of DIMO

Users will see subsections as follows

• Book Detail
• Manuscript Details
• Schedule
• Contacts

Book Detail

• Production Status: Dropdown selection
• Publication Date: Date selection calendar
• Format: Dropdown selection
• Height: – Width: Book dimensions
• Packaging Type: Drop-down selection
• Page Extent: number of pages
• Spine: Dimensions
• Cover Status:
• Ins pp:

Manuscript Details

• Contracted MS Length:
• Actual MS Length:
• Index Created by Author: NA/YES/NO radio buttons
• Index Paid By: Author/Publisher/Royalty radio buttons

Schedule

The Schedule section shows the the proposed schedule for specific elements planned within the production of a book. New fields can be added to the below table, and whilst data fields are preset in the dropdown the date field is open for flexibility.

• An open field will be available at the bottom of schedule table.
• Selecting the Milestone data dropdown and applying a date in the date calendar field.
• Delete any data that is not applicable by clicking the black x buttons beside each entry.
• SAVE
• Data will be automatically ordered chronologically

Contacts

The below table details the personnel / contacts that are allocated to specific areas of a titles production.

 

• Clicking the red + button will provide a pop up for Contact allocation.

• You may select the contact function and allocate the applicable contact associated with that
• You may add in a new contact as required by Clicking the red + button in within the pop up box.

SAVE

NB: DIMO will not save automatically.