Nelson VICmaths General Mathematics 12

Maths publishing services

Nelson VICmaths is a VCE mathematics series developed for Cengage Learning Australia. The series consists of 8 Student Books, 6 Workbooks and online resources. The series was designed to be a complete learning solution for students studying Foundation, General, Methods or Specialist mathematics.

Nikki M Group provided Cengage with publishing services, including:

• project management
• copyediting
• proofreading
• typesetting
• answer-checking
• review worked solutions
• illustration
• preparation for print.

Project management

Nikki M Group managed the production of Nelson VICmaths General Mathematics 12, as well as other VICmaths Student Books, providing Cengage with:

• access to an editorial team who specialise in mathematics
• coordination between editorial and production
• speed to market through good planning of key stages and deadlines
• quality control of each stage to ensure best practice
• de-risking through collaboration, coordination and resourcing.

Typesetting

Nikki M Group provided typesetting services from development through to production. Our services included:

• fine-tuning the manuscript before production
• preparing equations for a MathType workflow
• design review before production
• initial layout of text, illustrations and photos
• correction rounds from authors and editors.

Illustration

Nikki M Group created new illustrations and restyled existing artwork for the VICmaths series. For Nelson VICmaths General Mathematics 12, Nikki M Group created and placed 1299 illustrations and 2080 equations.

Illustration services included creating a detailed Illustration Style Guide with sample illustrations for:

• diagrams
• information graphics
• number lines
• charts
• tables
• graphs
• geometric shapes.

Nikki M Group specialises in transforming complex manuscripts into professional publications.