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Producing a field guide

A field guide brings together hundreds of species, dozens of photographers, and a printer’s deadline. Basecamp keeps the manuscript, photos, and contributor emails in one place, so every entry is checked before the book goes to press.

The small press behind Wildflowers of the Northern Rockies tracks everything due before printing in To-dos, with field photos, species accounts, and range maps in Docs & Files. Automatic Check-ins ask what everyone photographed this week, the Message Board sorts out map style and the cover, and contributor and printer emails come in through .

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The same core features are included with every package

  • Message Boards for internal announcements
  • To-dos for tracking work and accountability
  • Card Tables is our take on Kanban for process tracking
  • Chats & Pings for group chat and direct messaging
  • Scheduling for deadlines, milestones, and events
  • Docs & Files for storing assets
  • Reports & Automatic Check-ins for staying up on things
  • Connect your AI agents, Claude, ChatGPT, Muse, Grok Bot, and others
  • Rock-solid reliability and a record you can trust
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