Call for tenders -- Typesetting Services

29-11-2024

The provider will be responsible for the following services:

  • Typesetting JEMIE’s regular and special issues, including an edition of the JEMIE Yearbook in December of each year.
  • Maintaining consistent, high-quality professional formatting for all articles, book reviews, and special sections of JEMIE, adhering to its open-access digital format and ensuring compliance with indexing requirements.
  • Collaborating and coordinating with JEMIE’s editorial team on layout adjustments, font styles, image and graphics placement, and any other design elements in order to enhance readability and professional presentation.
  • Developing the new visual layout and style guide for JEMIE.
  • Respecting agreed publication deadlines.

Applicants should demonstrate the following qualifications:

  1. Proven experience in academic journal typesetting, especially for open-access publications. Knowledge of academic indexing systems would be an asset.
  2. The ability to cooperate with JEMIE’s editorial team continuously to ensure the delivery of high-quality formatted content in a timely manner.
  3. The ability to create visual layouts for academic journals.

All tender offers will be evaluated based on three central criteria:

  • The financial offer.
  • Quality of the submitted portfolio.
  • Qualifications and experience level of the applicant.

We invite interested service providers to submit:

  1. Cost estimates for (1) the development of a new visual layout and (2) per-page rates for typesetting an average of 700 pages per annum.
  2. Portfolio of typesetting work, preferably containing academic journal examples.
  3. A summary of qualifications.

Tender offers should be submitted electronically to Andreea Cârstocea, carstocea@ecmi.de by 16 December 2024, 23:59 CET.