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Consonance 101

Don't know where to start? Here are the articles that will get you up and running, fast.

Get your data in.

There are three ways to get data in to Consonance: import, type it in, or raise a ticket.

Screenshot of the page where you add a new work.

Add new works and products.

Add new works to the system via the user interface, rather than imports.

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Screenshot of the imports page.

Import data from spreadsheets.

Import product, royalty, contact, and sales data from spreadsheets, rather than via the user interface.

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Screenshot of the file uploader page.

Import image and content files.

Import files such as covers, ePubs and PDFs, in bulk.

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Manage your data.

Improve the quality of the data then get it out into the world.

Screenshot of data health checks.

Check the health of your metadata.

Checks use automation to save time, minimise costly mistakes, and help sell more books, by prompting you to create better, more accurate metadata.

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ONIX feeds set up screenshot.

Set up your ONIX feeds

Whilst ONIX is a standard format, all recipients interpret it differently. We therefore tailor our feeds to your recipients.

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Contracts screenshot

Set your contracts up for royalties

A checklist of the fields you need to complete within the contract page in order to run royalties successfully.

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Manage your workflow.

Use your bibliographic data throughout the publishing process efficiently.

Screenshot of discussions.

Discussions.

Get some good ideas of how to best use the discussions feature to keep the whole team engaged, involved, and on the same page.

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Screenshot of to-do FAQs.

To-do FAQs.

How to make best use of the to-do's feature.

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Screenshot of briefings PDFs.

Reuse your data with briefings.

Briefs are like internal AIs. Use them to avoid copying and pasting product data into emails.

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Screenshot of tracked copies.

Keep track of copies sent out.

When you need to send out either manuscripts in electronic form, or finished copies, and you need to monitor and follow up, use the Tracked copies feature.

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Get your data out.

Export into spreadsheets, PDFs, and other appropriate formats.

Screenshot of advance info sheets.

Marketing material sheets.

Generate marketing PDFs using templates, where you customise styling, layout and data elements.

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Screenshot of exporting data to excel.

Export to Excel.

Set up and run your own Excel reports.

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Screenshot of cover batches.

Download your covers in batches.

Download a zipfile of many covers, saved by ISBN.

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Schedule a call to see Consonance in action and discuss your own situation. If you have your data in the ONIX format, send it over and we'll import it, to make the call particularly interesting.

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General Products Ltd has received support from EDRF, Arts Council England and the Regional Growth Fund Velocity Growth Grant.

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