Case Study: Macmillan Publishers achieves faster, more consistent book production with Adobe InDesign

Macmillan Publishers - Customer Case Study

Macmillan Publishers, a leading trade publisher that produces about 2,000 new projects a year and employs more than 175 designers and marketers, needed consistent access to up-to-date creative tools and better compatibility with freelancers and vendors. To meet those challenges they adopted Adobe Creative Cloud for enterprise, using apps such as Adobe InDesign CC (vendor: Adobe InDesign) alongside Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and After Effects.

Using Adobe Creative Cloud for enterprise with Adobe InDesign at the center, Macmillan deployed the suite to all employees in a single night with zero downtime, gained centralized control over updates, and kept internal teams and external partners on the same software versions to eliminate incompatibilities and reduce delays. The vendor’s tools plus automated plug‑ins and scripts boosted productivity—examples include the Make Book Jacket script, which saves 20–30 minutes per project—and expanded training helped raise skills, improve workflows, and deliver more consistent creative output.

Macmillan Publishers

Bruce Yolton

Vice President of Digital