Laserwords is a full-service, PreK – Grade 12 content developer with a highly experienced staff who works closely with publishers at all stages of development to assure that:

• Writing and editorial teams are customized for the project
• Design teams provide creative solutions through all phases of design
• Production teams provide flawless execution from start to finish
• Project management teams provide detailed process guidelines and tracking of budget and schedule

The development team at Laserwords is experienced in all disciplines within the PreK – Grade 12 market, including reading, language arts, spelling, science and health, social studies, music, ELL, ESL, and Spanish translation. Additionally, the Laserwords team excels in state and district-level customization and in the development of instructional technology.

The experienced writers and editors at Laserwords provide a full range of editorial services. With an emphasis on quality, service, and communication, our expert staff will meet the needs of educational publishers, PreK – Grade 12, on any project, large or small.

Our full range of editorial services includes the following:

• Consulting
• Product Planning
• Prototype Development
• Content Outlines
• Manuscript Creation
• Editing
• Fact Checking
• Copyediting
• Proofreading
• Cross-media Development
• File Management
• Translating
• Indexing
• Permissions
• Competition Analysis
• Gap Analysis
• Correlations
• Literature Search
• Project Management
• NIMAS
• Template Creation
• Page Composition including layering and preflight QC
• Imposition
• Tech Art Creation
• Font Customization
• PDF File Creation

Susanne Singleton, VP, Product Development, is a publishing veteran with over 20 years’ experience in PreK – Grade 12 educational publishing. Susanne recently joined Laserwords from Pearson, where she served as VP, Publisher. She also held senior leadership positions at Harcourt and McGraw-Hill. Working along with our clients, Susanne is responsible for the editorial direction of Laserwords Publishing Services projects. Susanne also works with Sales to present our full array of services to our clients.

Poonam Nande-Stevenson, Executive Director, brings to her role broad operational experience combined with a deep knowledge of educational product development and current publishing processes and technologies. Poonam worked most recently at Baseline Development Group where she served first as Editorial Director of ESL & Spanish Language Development and later as General Manager of the company. Poonam’s varied career includes a seven-year editorial tenure in Houghton Mifflin’s School Division; four years spent working for the embassies of Mexico in Zimbabwe and South Africa; and stints as a freelance translator, EFL teacher, and manager for various employers in Spain. Poonam holds a B.A. (double major) in Economics and International Relations & Diplomacy.

The experienced writers and editors at Laserwords provide a full range of editorial services. With an emphasis on quality, service, and communication, our expert staff will meet the needs of educational publishers, PreK – Grade 12, on any project, large or small. Our full range of editorial services includes the following:

• Consulting
• Product Planning
• Prototype Development
• Content Outlines
• Manuscript Creation
• Editing
• Fact Checking
• Copyediting
• Proofreading
• Cross-media Development
• File Management
• Translating
• Indexing
• Permissions
• Competition Analysis
• Gap Analysis
• Correlations
• Literature Search
• Project Management
• NIMAS
• Template Creation
• Page Composition including layering and preflight QC
• Imposition
• Tech Art Creation
• Font Customization
• PDF File Creation

The creative team at Laserwords Design strives to exceed your expectations. We take pride in:

• Listening to our customers’ vision and goals
• Understanding our customers’ mission
• Participating in the planning and implementation of designs
• Building successful solutions for our customers
• Working with our customers, reaching all learners with visually-appropriate designs
• Helping to develop branding themes and conventions
• Helping to reinforce the students’ learning experience

Besides concepting and implementation, Laserwords Design is experienced at customizing your products for specific markets including: state-specific material, ability-targeted material, and language-specific material. Whatever your needs, we will work with you to create appropriate print and media materials.

We also offer full-service photo research and art buying. We are fully versed in managing imaging programs from guidelines, spec’ing, tracking, reviewing, revising, random reviews, database management, and invoicing. We can work with other Laserwords facilities to meet your needs or we will work with sources chosen by you. Our goal is to meet your design needs in your timeframe and within your budget.

Laserwords is an industry leader of prepress and pre-publishing services to the educational publishing community. We specialize in scanning, image manipulation, page composition and assembly, imposition, digital proofing, and digital file archiving. Our craftsmanship and dedication to excellence has earned us a position as one of the most trusted suppliers of high-quality, high-volume prepress services.

With our expertise in image capture, page composition, and digital proofing, Laserwords has the capacity to meet all of your production needs. We approach each project as a unique challenge and develop customized workflow procedures to meet the needs of your specific program. With our state-of-the-art services, we can ensure that your projects run smoothly. We offer true value and reliability to our clients who count on us to deliver a quality product on schedule. Laserwords is your full-service, single-source solution for educational publishers.

Composition Services

• Template Creation
• Page Composition including layering and preflight QC
• Imposition
• Tech Art Creation
• Font Customization
• PDF File Creation
• File Management

Image Capture Capabilities

• Drum, Flatbed, and Film Scanning
• Digital Camera Capture
• Image Manipulation and Retouching
• Color Conversions
• Swatch and Sample Color Matching
• Realistic Shadow Creation
• Digital Asset Management

Proofing Capabilities

• KODAK Approval XP Digital Halftone Proofing System
• Epson Stylus Pro 7800 InkJet Color Proofing
• Canon Impo proof InkJet 7200 2-sided Imposed Color Proofing
• HP Impo proof 1050 2-sided Imposed Color Proofing

Production Applications OS X

• Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
• Adobe Bridge CS3
• Adobe Illustrator CS3
• Adobe InDesign CS3
• Adobe Photoshop CS3
• Fetch
• Microsoft Office 2004
• Preps 5.2
• Quark Xpress 7.5
• Stuffit Deluxe 13
• Toast Titanium 10
• Enfocus PitStop Professional 8
• Linotype FontExplorer X 2.0

Production Workflows

• Prinergy EVO Workflow
• PrePage-It Workflow
• K4 Publishing System
• Woodwing Smart Connection Enterprise(SCEnt)
• Enfocus PitStop Server 08