Bon Mot is a convergence of varied interests cobbled by a common denominator: a consuming passion for publishing. We provide end-to-end Pre-Press and Creative Services for publishers.

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3. * Bon Mot Publishing Overview 3
* Principal Services Offered 5
CONTENT
* Pre-press Service Offerings 6
* Creative Service Offerings 12
* creative service portfolio 14
* E-publishing Services offered 29
* Categories 31
* Contacts 32
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4. BRIEF OVERVIEW
* We are a full-service creative writing, designing,
typesetting and content conversion company
* A people-driven Publishing support organization,
supported by cutting-edge technology and
infrastructure
* Presently 150+ employees
* Presently executing various illustration and design
projects as well as typesetting and e-Book conversion
projects for major publishing companies
* A zero-debt company
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5. * Best of Creative Resources
PROPOSITION
* A World Class Infrastructure
* Scalability and Flexibility
VALUE
* Robust, Quality Compliant and Secure Delivery
* Highly Professional Management Team
* Superior Human Capital Management
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6. The PorTfolio of services offered by us is divided
SERVICES
inTo Three PrinciPal caTegories:-
* Pre-Press Services (Copy Editing, Content Conversion,
Typesetting)
* Creative Services (Content Writing, Design,
OFFERED
Illustrations)
* e-Publishing Services (e-Book formats such as epub, prc,
azw, mobi, etc.)
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7. PRE-PRESS
PRE-PRESS SERVICES
OFFERED
SERVICES
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8. COPY-EDITING
* Correcting spelling, grammar and punctuation
* Assessing the consistency of words and
terminology
* Checking for repetition and redundancy
* Examining semantics, denotations and
connotations
* Our editors are familiar with all popular style
guides like Chicago Manual, MHRA, APA, MLA
Handbook, etc. We also make customized
style-guides for publishers
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9. CONTENT
We can prepare your content for delivery via
the Internet and for electronic distribution, by
converting it to structured electronic formats like
XML, SGML and HTML. We can convert your paper
documents, microfilms or scanned images to full text
CONVERSION
searchable PDF files
The following rePresenTs a lisT of The conversions
bon MoT Publishing underTakes:
* PDF to HTML, RTF, MS Word, XML, SGML
* Quark Xpress to PDF
* Indesign to PDF
* Adobe PageMaker to PDF
* MS Word to PDF
* HTML, SML or SGML to PDF
* Hard copy (Hand-written or
print-outs) to PDF
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10. TYPESETTING
* Our typesetting team is tech-savvy,
observant, precise, prompt, patient and close
to being perfect
* Typesetting/Page Layout/Page Composition
(in InDesign,QuarkXPress, LaTex,
FrameMaker)
* We have a stringent quality checking and
proofreading process in place
SERVICES
* Create a printable file to produce
a complete book
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11. RECEIPT OF JOBS AT
LOGIN DEPARTMENT
PREPARATION OF JOB
STUDY REPORT AND
ISSUING JOB CARD
PRE-PRESS
COPY EDITING ON THE SCANNING OF
MANUSCRIPT (OFFLINE THE IMAGES AS PER THE
AS WELL AS ONLINE) REQUIREMENTS
PROCESSING OF
KEYING AND XML ARTWORKS FOR PRINT
WORKFLOW
CODING OF THE TEXTS AS WELL AS WEB
PREPARATION
OF PAGINATION TEMPLATE
FLOWING THE XML CODED TEXTS AND PLACING THE IMAGES IN
THE PAGINATION TEMPLATE
PROOF READING OF THE GALLEY PRODUCED AFTER PAGINATION
GENERATION OF PDF AFTER INCORPORATING THE CORRECTIONS
FOR PRINT AS WELL AS WEB
CHECKING OF PDF BY QUALITY CONTROL DEPARTMENT AGAINST
THE CLIENT’S SPECS
SENDING THE GALLEY PROOF OR THE AUTHOR PROOF TO THE
CLIENT/AUTHOR/BOTH FOR CORRECTIONS/CHANGES
RECEIPT OF AUTHOR CORRECTIONS
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12. RECEIPT OF JOBS AT LOGIN
DEPARTMENT WITH CHANGES
AND CORRECTIONS MARKED
BY AUTHOR
REVISES AND
ISSUING THE
JOB CARD
FINAL - WORKFLOW
COPY EDITING
ON THE CHANGES INCORPORATING THE
CHANGES IN IMAGES
INCORPORATING THE
COPYEDITED CHANGES
INCORPORATING THE CORRECTED TEXTS AND IMAGES IN THE
PAGINATED PAGES
ENSURING THE CORRECTNESS OF CHANGES THROUGH
THOROUGH PROOF READING
CHECKING OF REVISED PDFS BY QUALITY CONTROL DEPARTMENT
SENDING THE REVISED FILES TO CLIENT FOR APPROVAL
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CLIENT APPROVES
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PREPARATION OF PRINT-READY PDFS WITH THE PRINTER
SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
PERFORMING THE FINAL QC FOR CONTENTS AS WELL AS TECH-
NICAL REQUIREMENTS
SENDING OF BOTH PRINT AND WEB READY DELIVERABLES TO
CLIENT/PRINTER OR BOTH
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13. SERVICES
CREATIVE
CREATIVE
OFFERED
SERVICES OFFERED
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14. designing
Visualizing concepts and designs for books/CDs/ games/
CREATIVE
Interactive elements which appeal to children. Essence of
conceptualizing and visualizing for children’s books and the
need to impart information in an engaging way via a media
that they relate to. Whether its visualizing for children’s
books or interactive CDs, games and puzzles, our visualization
skills and concepts make a vivid impression
SERVICES
illusTraTion and arT ediTing
We do what all packaging houses do. And we do much
more than that. Apart from the run-of-the-mill digital
illustrations we do every day, we also have a team of painters
and illustrators who regularly produce experimental work
(both digital and manual)
conTenT wriTing and ediTing
We have a team of experienced content writers and researchers
who primarily cater to the children’s publishing segment. We
also have a team of editors adept at handling coffee table
books and articles for various magazines
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15. digital
illustration
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16. digital
illustration
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17. digital
illustration
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18. digital
illustration
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19. digital
illustration
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20. manual
illustration
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21. manual
illustration
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22. manual
illustration
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23. technicalil
lustration
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24. design
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25. design
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26. design
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27. E-PUBLISHING
OFFERED
e -PUBLISHING SERVICES
OFFERED
SERVICES
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28. E-BOOK PUBLISHING
E-BOOK CONVERSION
we offer Turn-key soluTions in e-Publishing
which include:
* Electronic publications of online journals
* Digitization of back issues
* Production of e-books in various formats
* Creation of searchable secure online databases
e-book conversion:
Our ebook conversion solutions include cost-effective
conversion of content from electronic (any format) and paper
sources into the most popular e-Book formats such as Adobe
Digital Editions, Sony Reader, Amazon Kindle, MobiPocket,
Microsoft Reader, etc.
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29. books
CATEGORIES
Adult Fiction, Non-Fiction, Graphic Novels, Poetry, Cooking,
STM and other Higher-Ed category, Children’s Reference Books,
Children’s Fiction, Children’s Novelty Books, Activity Books
Periodicals and Magazines
Entertainment, Sports, Literature, Current affairs and travel
Journals
Science, Technology, Medical and Humanities
Using the latest technology and all industry-
standard software, we specialize in full range
of Publishing services
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30. BON MOT
THANK YOU
PUBLISHING
BON MOT PUBLISHING
c/o Octagon Software Pvt. Ltd.
Plot XI-16, Block EP & GP
Sector V, Salt Lake Electronics Complex
Kolkata- 700 091
Tel: +91 33 2357 4901/4902
001 732 579 5878
eMail: info@bonmotpublishing.com
nikunj@bonmotpublishing.com