Cloud publishing platform and prepress services for academic and trade publishers
Exeter provides end-to-end digital publishing services and operates Kriya, a cloud-based platform serving trade and scholarly publishers across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The tech stack—Java, Node.js, Python, XML tooling (Oxygen, XSLT, XPath), and MongoDB—reflects a document-processing and conversion-heavy operation. Current project focus on peer review workflow design and automation, combined with stated pain points around reviewer retention and SLA adherence, suggests the business is scaling its scholarly publishing arm while managing operational complexity across tight production deadlines.
Notable leadership hires: Peer Review Lead
Exeter is a Chennai-based publishing services firm operating since 2004. The company serves prestigious publishing houses with prepress services, typesetting, data conversion, design, and editorial work—delivered through both managed services and the Kriya cloud platform. Core offerings span print-ready production, EPUB/MOBI digital formats, and PMC XML conversion for scholarly content. The firm is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2013 certified and maintains a mix of product development, engineering, design, publishing operations, and client support teams. Current hiring activity is concentrated in India with a balanced mid-to-senior seniority profile.
Primary stack: Java, Go, Node.js, Python, Ruby on Rails for backend; XML tooling (Oxygen XML, XSLT, XPath) and Notepad++ for content processing; MongoDB for data storage; Jira for project management. ScholarOne and PubMed integration for scholarly workflows.
Active projects center on peer review operations (design, configuration, scaling), manuscript-to-print production automation, document conversion tools, and quality control procedures. Recent focus areas include building peer review systems from scratch and improving reviewer responsiveness workflows.