We can produce documents either from information that we have found for you through our Research Service, or from information that you supply us with. In the latter case, we can rewrite the supplied document(s), perhaps to produce some sort of summary document or target the new document at a different audience, or we can simply convert your document into a different format.

We can also illustrate your new document with pictures or graphics. Again the pictures can either be supplied by yourself, or you can commission us to locate or create suitable pictures through our Picture Service.

In both cases, we can accept your source document(s) and/or pictures in a wide variety of elecronic formats - if the file can be read by one of the components of the Microsoft Office (2003) or Adobe Creative Suite (CS2) program suites, then we can accept it. We can also accept your source information on paper or film (35mm negatives or transparencies only), but if these are to be included directly in the documents we produce for you, then the scanning and transcription charges described below will also apply. Small amounts of information in electronic form can be supplied to us as e-mail attachments, otherwise it is better to send the information to us on CD or DVD ROM.

Document Types

Here at Aardstorm, we can produce a wide range of documents, in either electronic or paper format. This section describes some of the more common document types that we can produce; if you have a requirement for a type of document that is not described here, we can probably also produce it for you, please contact us for a quotation. When requesting a quotation from us for a document, whether or not it is one of our standard types, please describe as fully as possible the document you require, including the depth and breadth of information it is to contain, and its intended target audience.

Search Report

This document type is intended to complement our research service, so that we can fully report to you the information that we have found. It could, however also be used to commission us to produce a summary of a set of documents that you supply to us. For this type of document, we will summarise or explain the information that we have found (or you have supplied) to the level of detail that you request. This document type is also primarily intended to be read by yourself, rather than for distribution or publication to third parties.

Website Page

This document type is intended to complement our website design service, to allow you to commission us to produce some or all of the text for your site rather than providing it yourself, although we can also provide pages for use on a site designed by somebody else. For this type of document we will produce one or more web pages to your requirements from information you supply to us in other forms. These pages would typically be used to promote or describe your business or organisation, and/or its products or services.

Web Article

Although generally similar to the general web pages described above, a web article is primarily informative rather than promotional. This document type can therefore be produced from information located using our Research Service, as well as from information you supply to us. The resulting article could be included in your website (whether developed by us or by others), or it could be distributed across the web for inclusion in other sites or e-zines, to help promote your site and improve its search engine ranking. See our website management service for our fees for distributing your article in this fashion.

Booklet or eBook

This type of document can also be based either on information you supply to us, or that we locate for you through our Research Service. We can produce a brochure or booklet for you, of the length you require, and about almost any topic, for distribution to your target audience. It can also be either informative, educational or promotional in nature. We can produce it in electronic form, as an eBook, or on paper, or both.

Presentation

As well as the text-oriented documents described above, we can also produce presentation type documents, consisting of a series of 'slides' , each containing a combination of text and /or graphics, intended to be presented to an audience in sequence. We can produce such presentations either in Microsoft Powerpoint format, or as a standard video DVD. In both cases, we can also add backgorund music and/or an audio commentary, and provide accompanying materials for distribution to your audience. The audio commentary can be provided by yourselves, or we can record it for you, while the background music will be recorded by us from public domain sources. We can also include video clips provided by you in your presentation.

Document Production

Once we have written the document to your specification, we can supply it to you in a variety of electronic formats appropriate to the document type. As with your input information, if the file format can be produced by any of the component programs of the Microsoft Office (2003) or Adobe Creative Suite (CS2) packages, then we can supply your document in that format. Small files can be shipped to you as e-mail attachments, otherwise (or at your request) we will ship the files on CD or DVD ROM.

We can also design your document to be produced on paper. We can supply a limited number of copies from our own colour laser printer, for example for proofing purposes or for your own internal use or distribution. If you require a larger number of copies, or a higher output print quality, then we can liase with a commercial printing service to produce them for you, or we can supply the necessary files for you to supply to your own printing service.

Copyright and Licensing

We will take great care not to infringe anybody else's copyright when producing your document. We also normally retain the copyright in all our work, and our standard license only covers documents that are either to be distributed internally within your organisation, or distribute free of charge to your customers or clients; you will be able to make as many copies of our work as you like for these purposes, or we can supply additional copies for additional fees. If you intend to sell the documents we produce for you, then you will also require some form of production license from us. Please contact us with details of your requirements to negotiate the additional fees for this.

Fees

The standard fees for our authoring service are as follows:

Service	Fee
Document Writing	£150 / day
Printer Liason	£75 / document
Printing (from our own laser printer)	£0.10 / page
Additional CD/DVD copies (1 copy of any CD or DVD we produce is included without charge)	£5 / disc

Where you supply text, pictures, or graphics to us on paper or film for direct inclusion in your document, the following additional scanning and transcription charges will apply:

Input Format	Fee
Text on paper (typed)	£20 / page (up to A4)
Picture on paper	£10 / picture
Picture on film (35mm negative or transparency)	£10 / picture

Once we have provided you with a quotation for our work, the quoted fee will be firm and fixed; if we take more or less time than expected to produce your document, the price you pay will not change, unless you change your requirements.

Aardstorm is not currently registered for VAT, and therefore cannot charge VAT. Once we are registered, the fees above will be the VAT exclusive rates.

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