Textbook publishers
Edition variants, inspection copies and budget planning – open.junixx makes work in the education market plannable.
What counts for textbook publishers.
Textbook publishers work in a market whose framework is set by others. The federal states handle the free provision of learning materials differently, budgets fluctuate considerably, and funding programs for digital school equipment shift in their timing. Added to that are open educational resources as price competition, and technology providers from outside the industry pushing into the digital education market.
What a publisher can control in this situation is its own efficiency. A course book rarely appears in one edition but in several variants specific to individual federal states – Work, as the shared bracket across every edition, keeps content maintenance in one place instead of multiplying it. Complimentary copies secures the most effective sales channel: the dispatch of inspection copies to teachers becomes traceable, with clear purposes and an address snapshot, even when addresses or responsibilities change.
And because the funds of the school authorities fluctuate, it is the look at the figures that decides sales planning. Reporting delivers a budget and planned/actual comparison across five dimensions with a drill-down and makes sales to public-sector customers plannable. open.junixx does not change education policy. It makes sure that maintaining the list, the sales channel and planning do not cost extra effort on top.
These modules play to their strengths here.
These modules address the challenges of textbook publishers directly. The full range of open.junixx features is always included – every other module stands beneath.
Work
The bracket across every state-specific edition – content is maintained in one place, not multiplied.
- Works as the bracket across every edition
- Contributor inheritance to new titles
- Pass work texts to every title
- A catalog of works, instrumentation & reporting to collecting societies
Complimentary copies
Inspection copies to teachers with clear purposes and an address snapshot – traceable even when responsibilities change.
- Cases with a delivery note PDF
- Purposes & distribution lists
- An address snapshot on approval
- Legal deposit dispatch
Reporting
A budget and planned/actual comparison across five dimensions – sales planning despite fluctuating funds at the school authorities.
- Revenue & unit sales analyses
- Five dimensions with a drill-down
- Export as Excel / CSV
- Budget & planned/actual comparison
Every other module
- CRM
One central record of addresses and customers, linked into every publishing process.
- Correspondence
Email and letter templates with a complete history – straight from the contact.
- Calendar
Appointments in one place – and as an iCal subscription in Outlook, Apple Calendar and Google Calendar.
- GDPR
Data protection documentation in one central place – ready for inspection as a complete file.
- Title data
ONIX 3.0 title management as your central product database.
- Manuscript review
Pre-screen submitted manuscripts – with a recommendation, a fit assessment and editorial notes.
- Contracts & royalties
Contracts, rights and royalty settlement – through to reporting to the collecting society.
- Production
Costing, unit cost and carbon footprint – the whole production in one project.
- Media (DAM)
Digital asset management for covers, images and documents – centrally linked.
- Media Cockpit
Posts, press and advertising on one timeline – planned, approved, measured.
- Orders & invoices
From quote to payment – for books, subscriptions, advertising, rentals and events.
- Advertising
Sell ad space – from booking to invoice.
- Incoming invoices
Capture documents, assign accounts, approve – and export as a DATEV batch.
- App orders
A back-office inbox for orders from the sales rep app, with an approval workflow.
- Warehouse
Stock levels, reorder points and goods receipt under control.
- Procurement
Supplier orders in the third-party title business.
- Subscriptions
Subscriber management, invoicing included.
- Agency
Service business with time tracking and invoicing.
- Events
Seminars, training courses and conferences – from registration to certificate.
- Rental
Hire out sheet music – from inquiry to settlement.
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