Author Project Workbook
A structured project-control workbook for managing a book from manuscript assessment through editing, production, costs, rights, marketing and publication.
A book project becomes difficult when its decisions are scattered
The workbook brings schedules, approvals, costs, rights, contacts and milestones into one controlled working file.
See the whole project
Review editorial, production, financial and launch activity without searching through separate notes and informal messages.
Assign responsibility
Give every active task an owner, due date, priority, status and approval requirement.
Preserve decisions
Record approvals, changes, milestones and supporting records before the project moves to its next stage.
Ten connected sheets for the full publishing process
Each sheet is designed for a distinct publishing responsibility while contributing to the overall project view.
Start Here
Project identity, title, author, publishing route, target date and working instructions.
Dashboard
Task health, overall progress, completed work, active work and overdue actions.
Editorial Tracker
Assessment, development planning, editing, author review and text-freeze control.
Production Schedule
Typesetting, cover design, proofing, metadata, printing, distribution and publication.
Costs and Payments
Approved budget, quotations, actual cost, payments, balances and budget variance.
Marketing and Launch
Book identity, author visibility, website, media, retailer readiness and launch activity.
Rights and Metadata
ISBNs, formats, territories, languages, rights, permissions and publication metadata.
Contacts and Vendors
Authors, editors, designers, typesetters, printers, distributors and project specialists.
Decisions and Approvals
Important approvals, effective dates, responsible parties and supporting records.
Milestones
Executive control of principal dates, actual completion and schedule variance.
The workbook calculates the project position for you
Enter project information and task dates. The workbook updates the main indicators automatically.
Designed for serious book-project management
Authors managing a professional publishing journey
- Track manuscript and editorial development
- Record publisher and vendor actions
- Understand production dependencies
- Maintain personal project oversight
Professionals coordinating editorial and production work
- Define task ownership and deadlines
- Track author approvals and responses
- Control handovers between stages
- Preserve an accountable project record
Small presses building repeatable project systems
- Standardise title-level project control
- Track costs, vendors and approvals
- Review milestone health quickly
- Adapt the workbook for internal workflow
Professional use without uncontrolled redistribution
The workbook is licensed to the purchaser for personal or internal professional use.
The purchaser may populate, adapt and use the workbook for their own book projects, subject to the confirmed licence terms.
Standard licence principles
- Use for the purchaser’s own projects or internal publishing work
- Make working copies for authorised internal project use
- Do not resell, sublicense or redistribute the blank template
- Do not publish the workbook as another person’s commercial product
- Do not remove TGEP ownership and licence notices from the master file
- Confirm multi-user, institutional or customised use separately
Request the workbook, current price and licence terms
Complete the form to prepare an email to the TGEP Resource Desk.
TGEP will confirm the applicable price, payment method, licence and digital delivery before accepting payment.
Before obtaining the workbook
Does the workbook work in Google Sheets?
It is supplied as an Excel workbook and may be uploaded to Google Drive and opened with Google Sheets. Some formatting may display differently depending on the application and device.
Does it include legal publishing contracts?
No. It includes project-control fields for rights and agreement information, but it does not replace a publishing agreement or legal advice.
Can a publisher use it for several books?
A publisher or organisation should request the appropriate team, publisher or institutional licence before using the blank template across multiple titles.
Can the workbook be customised?
TGEP may quote separately for adaptations such as additional sheets, workflow changes, branded versions or organisation-specific fields.
Is the workbook refundable?
Digital-resource terms, including cancellation and refund conditions, should be confirmed in writing before payment and delivery.
Control the project before the project controls you
The TGEP Author Project Workbook gives authors and publishing professionals one structured place to see what has been decided, what remains due and who is responsible for the next step.