Most of the subscription fulfillment policies that govern your publications are defined on the 'Publications' definition screen. Both 'Updates' and 'Transactions' use this information.
Defining a publication
The publication definition is divided into five tabs (General, Billing, Renewal, Shipping, and Issue labels), but you can see only one tab at a time. (The publication definition in the audit system, contains a sixth tab labeled "Audit.") You can move easily between tabs by using the Ctrl-RightArrow and Ctrl-LeftArrow key combinations or your mouse.
To define a new publication from scratch, click on "New." When you create a new publication, the billing and renewal tabs mentioned below do not appear. QuickFill automatically links the new publication to the "STD" billing series (or, if there is no "STD" billing series, the new publication will automatically be linked to the first billing series listed on the "Billing series" screen) and creates a new "STD" renewal series. After the new publication has been created, you can go back and create a different billing series and/or edit the renewal series created for the publication.
You can also click on "Change" to make changes to an existing publication, "Replicate" to replicate an existing publication, or "Delete" to delete a publication from your database. You cannot delete a publication for which you've already entered orders.
To see more information on the tabs that make up the publication definition, click on each screen listed below.
The 'General' tab contains information such as the publication code, name, type, etc.
The 'Billing' tab contains billing information and policies for your publication.
The 'Renewal' tab contains renewal information and policies for your publication.
The 'Shipping' tab contains information regarding shipping charges as well as default shipping codes for your publication.
The 'Issue labels' tab contains information related to issue labels that are produced when the 'Issue labels' update is run. This tab provides fields for specifying information such as what should be printed on the first line of each label.
The 'Audit' tab indicates whether or not a publication is audited and if so by whom. It also contains the qualification form. (This tab may only be accessed from the audit system.)