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\title{\TeX\ Inroads into Publishing:}
Subtitled `Document Design,  Production \& Interchange', the 1991
\TeX{} Users Group Annual Meeting will be held on July 15--18, 1991
in Dedham, Massachusetts (suburban Boston) -- a short distance
from Providence, Rhode Island, home of the \TeX{} Users Group.  The
high quality of the final product, as well as document portability,
have made the \TeX{} typesetting system a wide-spread standard in
academic settings, and it is making significant inroads into many
commercial areas too.
 
The 1991 Meeting will focus on the issue of \TeX{} in the publishing
world, addressing \TeX{}'s relation to the traditional and developing
publishing markets: from a tool for authors and secretaries in
creating preprints; to its use as an in-house typesetting tool for
production of attractive books, journals and articles; to a means of
sharing text from one setting to another in generically tagged
documents.
There will also be
topical workshops, poster sessions, several extended
courses, a networking lunch, and `Birds of a Feather' sessions.
 

Contributions are now being sought by the Program Committee for
inclusion in the 1991 Meeting.  Submissions for papers, workshops,
and poster sessions may present material on a wide range of topics
related to -- but not limited to -- the areas suggested below.
Selection will be based on originality, applicability, utility and
interest to the \TeX-using community.  A balance of entry
and advanced levels will be sought.
 
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\bi Publishing
\topic Publishers and the \TeX-using author
\topic Production cycle: from ms.\ to blues
\topic Traditional typography and \TeX{} quality
\topic Editing, design, and production
\topic Getting \TeX{} into the publishing house
\topic Vendors: who's doing what and why?
\topic Managing \TeX{} support
\smallskip 
\bi Document Preparation
\topic Document structure
\topic SGML and \TeX{} and the publisher
\topic Portability and interchange
\topic Fonts (\TeX{} and non-\TeX)
\topic Integrating \TeX{} with other programs
\topic Graphics
\topic Modifying formats
\smallskip 
\bi New Frontiers
\topic \TeX: Pros and cons
\topic Developing standards
\topic Novel applications of \TeX, \MF, \WEB

 
\section{Deadlines}
\bi December 15, 1990: Proposals should be one page in length,
submitted
  to the Program Coordinator by mail, email, or fax. 
\bi January 15, 1991: Notification of acceptance.
\bi March 15, 1991: Preliminary paper (in duplicate).
\bi July 1, 1991: Preprint ready.
\bi July 15--18, 1991: Presentation at 1991 Meeting.
\bi August 19, 1991: Final paper.

 
\noindent For further information, contact: 
{\obeylines
Christina Thiele
JPC DT1711
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada K1S 5B6
tel: {(613) 788-2340}
email: {\tt Christina\_Thiele@Carleton.CA}
fax: {(613)   788-3544}}

\noindent or the TUG office:
{\obeylines
tel: (401) 751-2883
email: {\tt TUG@Math.AMS.com}
fax:   (401) 751-1071}

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