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Organise, automate, grow

Consonance means "harmony", and that's what we bring to publishers' data, workflow, and teams, to grow sales without crushing spirits.

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Your "one version of the truth"

From acquisition to ONIX metadata, contract management, rights, royalties, permissions, production, contact management, and with tailorable codelists throughout the app, Consonance is the complete publishing management system for complex publishing companies who want to achieve stability, consistency and harmony as the basis for growth. Review the documentation for an in-depth look at Consonance's extensive feature list.

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Remove the repetition, confusion and delay that comes with ambiguity. One version of data, so everyone knows what's going on, and what's expected of them.

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Everyone on the same page, with clear responsibilities, and access to information, wherever they are.

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We work closely with you on your particular requirements, building out our system in response to your evolving needs.

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Consonance is designed to help you get data in – and out. That includes ONIX, Slack, customisable spreadsheets, PDFs, JSON and GraphQL APIs, and custom solutions including Amazon SQS.

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Relied on by publishers around the world

Consonance enables our clients to deliver against their unique business strategies

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BDS Publishing

Agricultural sciences publishing start-up Burleigh Dodds Publishing went from a standing start to winning IPG Newcomer of the Year, using Consonance to structure their complex metadata.
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IOP Publishing

The Institute of Physics are prolific professional publishers who deliver impact, recognition and value to the scientific community through their publishing, enabled through extensive adoption of Consonance's features.
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Level up your publishing expertise

Insights and advice to boost your publishing prowess

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Understand the ONIX standard

The ONIX standard is not very standard. Here are ten things that recipients require differently.

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You don't need special software to store data properly

If you have some mechanical sympathy for data and spreadsheets, you’ll likely get a lot more mileage out of them.

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Creative industries and the division of labour

How do you arrange people in a modern company? It’s an endlessly interesting question, and one that needs a new answer with every shift in technology and the markets.

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