Get to know Print Pilots - The next generation print ordering platform for print magazine publishers
Print Pilots is the working name of a new and groundbreaking print ordering platform developed by Story House Egmont.
The idea has been to create a print ecosystem that connects print magazine publishers with print suppliers and offers an efficient solution for configuring, pricing, and ordering magazine printing.
Around 80% of the core system has been developed. Due to a change in focus, Story House Egmont has discontinued the project.
The print ordering of high-volume and complex magazines becomes an online self-service.
Print Pilots contain all the rules for configuring a magazine, allowing publishers to manage all aspects of a print job simply, quickly, and easily. So, with Print Pilots print ordering will become a streamlined and efficient online self-service that leaves all the hassle with email and Excel behind.
Get automated and data-driven and empower a more cost-effective and green agenda.
Print Pilots is a rules-based and highly automated engine that enables print buyers and printers to operate more lean and efficiently. Seamlessly, print buyers and publishers benefit from structured data that empower decision-making, performance and initiatives that drive savings and a more green agenda.
Magazines first
The first version of Print Pilots has been developed to handle print ordering and scheduling of Consumer, Kids magazines and Client Magazines.
Print Pilots allow publishers to configure a magazine with a covermount, a product sample, or printed creative add-ons like flyers, brochures, folded posters, belly bands, and stickers.
The prerequisite for using Print Pilots is that a magazine is printed in a standard format and uses standard paper.