Feature
Editorial Pipeline
A kanban board for your manuscripts. Drag, drop, publish.
Kanban board
Five columns: Draft, Editing, Reviewing, Published, Archived. Every book is a card on the board. Drag a book from Editing to Reviewing when it's ready. The entire editorial state of your press, visible in one screen.
One-click stage transitions
Move a manuscript to the next stage with one click. Status updates propagate to the author portal, the catalog, and the analytics dashboard. No duplicate data entry, no status inconsistencies.
Book cards with cover thumbnails
Each card on the kanban shows the book's cover thumbnail, title, author, and time in current stage. Visual identification is faster than scanning text. Spot bottlenecks by seeing which cards have been sitting too long.
Pipeline summary stats
At the top of the board: total manuscripts in pipeline, average time per stage, books published this month. Summary stats give you the health check before you look at individual titles.
Status distribution bar
A horizontal bar showing the proportion of books in each stage. If 60% of your catalog is stuck in Editing, the bar makes it obvious. Visual feedback that spreadsheets can't provide.
Team workflow
Assign editors and reviewers to manuscripts. See who's working on what. Balance workloads by seeing assignment distribution. Your editorial team, coordinated without Slack threads.
How competitors compare
No publisher tool has this level of visual pipeline management. Spreadsheets show rows, not workflow. Trello is generic. PublisherKit's editorial pipeline is built specifically for the publishing production process.
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