Welcome, eXtyles customers, to your next enterprise grade production platform
Lanstad is cloud-based publishing production platform, featuring a collaborative project management workspace that enables real-time XML editing, proofing, and content transformation. It leverages AI and machine learning technologies to automate tasks and simplify workflows.
Built with microservices in Azure, Lanstad uses a cloud-based architecture designed to support scalable, reliable, and easily integrated services.
Its API-driven approach allows seamless integration with other systems and technologies, enabling publishers to build and maintain a hyper-connected production ecosystem, avoiding duplication of effort and allowing for simple management and tracking of projects.
AI-Powered Reference Editing and Styling
Lanstad’s AI-driven reference editing and styling capabilities enable streamlined final stages of production. For publishers who prefer to retain Inera’s Edifix, Lanstad offers a seamless API integration option, allowing you to leverage existing workflows while benefiting from Lanstad’s broader advantages.
Deployment, onboarding, support and customisation
Deployment and Usage
Lanstad is a fully cloud-based SaaS solution accessible via web browser with no local installation required.
Onboarding and Training
Deanta delivers a structured onboarding program. Role-based training is tailored for production teams, editors, and authors through online sessions and workflow workshops. Comprehensive, searchable documentation is updated after each sprint release (approximately every three weeks), with release notes and reference guides available in the online knowledge base.
Multi-Location Support
Deanta provides global, round-the-clock support through strategically located offices. Our infrastructure includes a 24/7 support desk in Pondicherry, India, U.S. business hours coverage (9 AM–6 PM EST), and direct access to Account Managers. All requests are managed via the Freshdesk ticketing system, ensuring organized, prioritized, and transparently tracked support.
Customisation
Lanstad balances flexibility with platform stability, enabling client configuration without custom code. Users can tailor workflow stages, metadata fields, templates, and permission structures to their needs.
For requirements beyond standard configuration, Deanta provides scoped custom module development. Customizations are supported by Deanta’s Product Implementation team — ensuring seamless deployment and effective knowledge transfer.
AI-powered, automated,
game-changing features
Management
Journal and books modules
Fully customisable XML-first production modules designed specifically for journal and books content.
Project Management & communications
Integrated communications (with email and instant messaging), combines with automated schedules to drive projects.
AI assessment & XML conversion
Content is ingested, structured, tagged and converted into XML. AI tools rename files and amend images to your spec.
Log-in free access for authors
Passkey protected, log-in free access, gives authors swift and simple access to relevant content
Online-editing and proofing
Smart copyediting
Define and save your house copyediting style (or styles) and apply to newly ingested content.
Smart proofing
Changes are no longer annotated but made to a single-source-of-truth content. Eradicating errors and version control.
Spelling & Grammar
Best in class spelling and grammar checks, specifically built for academic publishing.
Citation cross-checking
Our NLP-led automation tool checks all bibliographic citations against the PubMed database.
Composition
Automated & dynamic typesetting
Ingested text flows automatically into pre-defined templates. See copyedits on the fly with PDFs at chapter or book level.
Embedded indexing
Embedded indexing and automated re-pagination allows any user to Create and edit indexes at any stage of the project.
LaTeX normalisation
Import, edit and manage LaTeX content easily using our XML normalisation engine.
Reference editing
AI tools identify reference styles allowing you to save, duplicate, edit and apply styles with ease.
