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****** APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING ********* I am passing along some news that I hope will be of interest to readers LIS-LINK. Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A) one of the leading astronomy journals and its publisher EDP Sciences, have announced the launch of Writing Studio, a unique collaborative writing solution for Astronomy researchers designed to make the article writing process easier. Reinforcing an OpenSource strategy, EDP has chosen the Open Source ShareLateX to develop this new service in partnership with A&A. Writing Studio allows the co-authors of an A&A paper to work collaboratively on a single version of their manuscript. The authors can login to the system with their Orcid ID and from there, they can work on their article communicating directly with their co-authors, using a variety of tools. Once ready for submission, the article can be automatically uploaded into the A&A submission system, with key fields pre-filled ready for checking. 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Registered number: 5375015. Registered office: 62 Church Road, Wheatley, Oxford. Oxfordshire. OX33 1LZ, UK A&A Journal and EDP Sciences launch Writing Studio A collaborative writing solution to support authors writing for Astronomy and Astrophysics Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A) Journal and its publisher EDP Sciences, announced today the launch of Writing Studio, a unique collaborative writing solution for Astronomy researchers designed to make the article writing process easier, and therefore let astronomers concentrate on research. Writing Studio is a unique LaTex tool developed in partnership with A&A Journal and EDP Sciences that allows the co-authors of an A&A paper to work collaboratively on a single version of their manuscript. The authors can login to the system with their Orcid ID and from there, they can work on their article communicating directly with their co-authors, using a variety of tools. Once ready for submission, the article can be automatically uploaded into the A&A submission system, with key fields pre-filled ready for checking. “Writing is hard and scientific writing is harder, and any help a journal can provide to assist with the process is greatly appreciated, especially by younger authors”, said Thierry Forveille, Editor-in-Chief of A&A. João Alves, Letters Editor-in-Chief, added “The Writing Studio provides A&A authors with a new way to tackle their most important task: to sit down and transform astronomical data into knowledge, word by word. This is a difficult task and the Writing Studio aims to provide tools to ease this critical process”. Jean-Marc Quilbé, President of EDP Sciences stated, “as publisher of A&A Journal, we constantly seek to improve the experience our authors have publishing with us. We have developed the Writing Studio to allow authors to spend less time with LaTex and process, and more time on presenting and defending their science in collaboration with their co-authors.” The key benefits that Writing Studio brings are: A collaborative LaTeX solution: Multiple co-authors can jointly work on a single version of the paper with up-to-date A&A macros already included. Direct communication between co-authors: Co-authors can ask each other questions and can chat for real-time interactions. Dropbox integration: Articles can be edited offline and automatically synchronized with the Dropbox online copy. Ease of Submission: (future functionality) article can be uploaded to the A&A submission system with a single click, with key fields pre-filled and ready for checking. Easier links to astronomical objects: Authors get auto-completion for astronomical objects and additional information using tools developed with the CDS. ORCID integration: Authors login to Writing Studio and are recognized by their Orcid ID. EDP Sciences has chosen the Open Source ShareLateX to build this tool and a beta version was opened for testers in August 2015. The next step is to link Writing Studio with all the EDP Sciences journals and their submission systems and integrate this tool in a comprehensive LaTeX dedicated workflow, from the writing of an article through to its online publication. For more information about this release, please contact Nathalie Matelot, email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ENDS ------------- About EDP EDP Sciences is a not-for-profit publisher, established in 1920. It is owned by professional societies with a mission to participate in the dissemination of important research that accelerates scientific progress and cross-fertilization of ideas of the society in general. EDP Sciences is located in Paris and London and publishes over 55 scientific journals in the physical sciences, mathematics, life and environmental sciences, energy, materials and engineering, health and biomedical sciences. It also publishes 20 professional magazines, conference proceedings (www.webofconferences.org <http://www.webofconferences.org/>) and books. About Astronomy & Astrophysics Journal Astronomy & Astrophysics is one of the premier astronomy journals and publishes papers on all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics (theoretical, observational, and instrumental). The Journal is governed by a Board of Directors whose members are designated by Member Countries. The Board decides on the policies for A&A, which include the general guidelines for publishing, the selection of the Editors, the various financial aspects, as well as the membership of countries.