The Onix Central Submissions Manager
Make submissions manageable
Change the least productive process in your business into an opportunity
It's possible to have to read thirty, forty or even a hundred submissions to find one book to publish. When the volume gets that high,even cutting and pasting a standard rejection note into an email adds up to a lot of clicks. With The Onix Central Submissions Manager, you can review submissions then reject them in a batch. One click and you're done - a real saving of time. And because you can deal with submissions so efficiently, you can accept a lot more - providing additional opportuinties for your business to find new and interesting talent.
Make running a slush pile simple
You most likely shut down your slush pile a long while back, since it took too much time to manage the flood of submissions. The Onix Central Submissions Manager makes it feasible for you to reopen it, since you can deal with multiple submissions in one go. You can give more authors the chance to be considered by your press, without the huge cost of administration.
Tailor your standard responses
You can tailor your responses depending on whether the submission is from an agent, direct from an author or from some other route. The Onix Central Submissions Manager has a Preferences area where you can contain up to three standard responses for emailing.
Go green
If you still accept hard copy submissions, you can move to the Onix Central Submissions Manager without fear of being overwhelmed by emails. You will save the costs of postage, stationery and print, as well as reaping an environmental benefit as authors will no longer have to print out their mss.
Review on-screen
We all know that you can make a judgement on some submissions simply by reading the first chapter. By asking authors to include the first chapter in the body of their submitting email, you can review it at a glance on the summary screen, without even having to open the attachment. And then you can process them all in one go.
Seamless integration with your Title Store
Once you've found a submission you're planning to publish, you can easily create a new title in your Onix Central Title Store. A click of the mouse and you've got a complete record of your new title, from submission to listing.
Help authors out whilst saving time
You can also integrate the Submissions Manager with a webpage on your site, where authors can query the status of their submission. It helps them not to go crazy in the absence of information, and it saves you having to field multiple enquiries.
