Case Study: Hachette Antoine speeds multilingual publishing and improves Arabic typesetting with Typefi

Hachette Antoine cuts book production to minutes with Typefi

Hachette Antoine, a regional book publisher based in Lebanon, faced significant quality issues and production delays with its outsourced typesetting, especially for complex multilingual content in Arabic, French, and English. Their small in-house team of five was overwhelmed with rework, making it difficult to meet deadlines. To address this, they sought an automated publishing solution and implemented Typefi.

The solution involved using Typefi's publishing automation software, which integrates with their existing Microsoft Word and Adobe InDesign workflows. Typefi automated the composition process, allowing the team to produce print-ready PDFs and EPUBs within minutes. This eliminated the need for outsourcing, drastically improved Arabic typesetting quality, and reduced the review cycle. As a result, Hachette Antoine now produces 40-50% of its titles, including complex works like poetry and dictionaries, using Typefi, cutting production time from weeks to hours.

Hachette Antoine