WHEN IT COMES TO DEADLINES, THERE IS AN I IN TEAM
While deadlines are considered a thing for everyone, they are ultimately your responsibility. As EIC you are responsible for deadlines, sending pages, and if something does not get done on time it is your responsibility to fix it. Before deadline, I always go through and check the style sheet on every spread, check the fill boxes for photos, check folios, and read all the copy again for every spread. This takes a long time, but when the book turns out perfect it is worth it. It is important to remember that on deadline, if someone did not do something right, it is ok to change it without their permission. Establish this with your staff, and tell them that if everything isn't done by Sunday morning (or whatever time you want) then you get to take it over and do it yourself. Hopefully this will encourage them to do it so they get a byline, but who knows. This however, should not be a fall back for staff. If they are too lazy to do something they should not assume that you are going to do it for them. A good way to prevent this from happening is to establish with the advisor that if someone does not have their stuff done for deadline, that their grade goes down significantly. Deadlines are very stressful, as you will learn, and even more so when you know that it is your responsibility to make sure that all of the pages get sent and that everything on the pages is perfect. Encourage your staff to get things done early and meet the mini deadlines along the way.
Another way to ensure that you make deadlines is to tell the staff that the deadline is a week before it actually is. This way, you have time to make any edits needed, submit for prior approval, and hopefully send in early. You can do this by setting the deadlines on edesign for the pages when you set up the book.
Another way to ensure that you make deadlines is to tell the staff that the deadline is a week before it actually is. This way, you have time to make any edits needed, submit for prior approval, and hopefully send in early. You can do this by setting the deadlines on edesign for the pages when you set up the book.