1. 5 catalogues have been created to present the Global Schools portfolio with K-12 school products from the UK, US, International Curricula, APAC and Southern Africa publishing centres for 2014 :
  2. Elementary and Primary
  3. Secondary Mathematics
  4. Secondary Science
  5. Secondary English, Languages & Humanities
  6. International GCSE and IB
  7. A Title, ISBN and 2015 Price List for each product has been included within the catalogue pages. Excel Pricelists for each catalogue will be available to download from the Global Schools Websitefrom the end of January as this depends on the UK releasing their 2015 pricing after Jan 1st.
  8. All files are available on the FTP site, within a folder called: 2015 Catalogue Finished Files, until the end of December. Files must be copied and not cut.In each catalogue folder, you will see a few sub folders. The NP folders have the files with no prices in. The origin folders have all prices in the currency of origin. The US folder will not be complete for another 4 weeks and we will let you know once ready. The Links folder is necessary for all who are printing locally.

ftp://cat-projectbackup:

Username: cat-projectbackup, Password:hFAdsEdA

  1. Files have been provided in the following formats:
  2. High resolution pdfs for printing straight from files as single pages
  3. High resolution cover pages have been provided as separate files.
  4. In-Design (version 5) open files for local editing then printing
  5. The ISBNs to distinguish the different versions we have created, are listed below:

  1. If printing straight from the pdfs, please note that a barcode, as listed above, has been included on the artwork that is only suitable for warehousing in the UK. If you wish to warehouse locally and need a local isbn, you can replace the UK ISBN.
  2. We recommend the following paper stock and weights: Cover: 200gsm Recycled silk, Text: 90gsm Recycled Silk (50%) FSC/Mixed source.
  3. If you do not have experience in printing catalogues, here is a spec outline suggestion you can provide:
  4. Spec: Cover: 4 Pages, Text: <insert number of pages> Pages, Cover: 4 colour process + Coat both sides. Text: 4 colour process + sealer both sides.
  5. Material: Cover: 200gsm Recycled silk, Text: 90gsm Recycled Silk (50%) FSC
  6. Paper size: A4 (trim to size)
  7. Quantities: <list how many of each catalogue to print>
  8. Finishing for the Primary catalogue: Cover Gloss laminated outer cover, Spine width 9mm. Box in suitable quantities and clearly label with catalogue name, ISBN, quantity on each box.
  9. Finishing for English catalogue: Gloss laminate outer cover, Spine width 5mm. Box in suitable quantities and clearly label with catalogue name, ISBN, quantity on each box.
  10. Finishing for Science catalogue: Gloss laminate outer cover, Spine width 3mm. Box in suitable quantities and clearly label with catalogue name, ISBN, quantity on each box.
  11. Finishing for Maths catalogue: Gloss laminate outer cover, Spine width 3mm. Box in suitable quantities and clearly label with catalogue name, ISBN, quantity on each box.
  12. Finishing for IB catalogue: Gloss laminate outer cover, Spine width 4mm. Box in suitable quantities and clearly label with catalogue name, ISBN, quantity on each box.
  13. The number of pages for each catalogue cover and text (inside) and order form is shown below:

Catalogue / Cover / Text
Elementary & primary / 4pp / 224pp
Secondary Maths / 4pp / 72pp
Secondary Science / 4pp / 72pp
Secondary English, Languages & Humanities / 4pp / 124pp
International GCSE & IB / 4pp / 92pp
  1. Ensure you receive wet or digital proofs to have a final check of colours and pagination before confirming the print.
  2. The catalogues will be online from the end of November.

If you have any questions or need any additional support, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Lisa Evans (before November 20th 2014 as last day before on maternity leave)

Global Schools

+44 1865 314076,

After November 20th, contact

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