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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Import data from spreadsheets.

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

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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.

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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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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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.

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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To-do FAQs.

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

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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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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.

Marketing material sheets.

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

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Export to Excel.

Set up and run your own Excel reports.

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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.