The Bookings tab offers users access to their UK bookings for News UK, TMG, DMG, Reach PLC, Bauer, and New Scientist. This feature allows users to locate, access, confirm and reject bookings. Bookings are divided by today, week, and all bookings. This tab will show details on booking numbers, publications, specifications, and advertisers. This can also be filtered with the search tab above the list, making it easier to identify a specific booking.
PADN is an industry initiative launched by Papermule to facilitate the targeted sharing of production advertising information (size, colour specification, publication, insertion date, references etc.) to the reprographic supply chain via advertising delivery vendor networks with additional services facilitating easy communications.What is a URN/Booking number?
Unique Reference Numbers (URNs) are booking numbers allocated to adverts and provided by the publisher when the booking is made. To access booking data, users will need to have their email address (the email address used to log into Specle ) set as the copy-contact for the booking. To assign your email address, you will need to contact the publisher. Alternatively, our Specle Support Team can contact them on your behalf.
What does Confirm mean?
When you confirm a booking, the publisher will be notified that you have acknowledged and confirmed the booking.
What does Reject mean?
When you reject a booking, a notification will be sent to the publisher informing them that you are not submitting for this booking. You can provide a reason for this rejection in the drop-down box when you go to click on Reject.
How do I add this booking to my Campaign (Campaign Tool Users Only)
After clicking Confirm, a Delivery Options button will appear. From there, you can choose between uploading directly to the booking or adding the booking to your campaign using the Campaign Tool.
I put the wrong URN on my upload. How do I remove it?
If you have selected the wrong booking number for your upload, please go to the job page of the upload and click on the Unmantch from Booking button. This URN will then be removed from the upload, and you can re-enter the correct URN.
Why can't I see my booking?
If you cannot see your booking, this usually means that you have not been set as the copy contact for the booking. You will need to get in touch with the publisher to ensure that the copy contact is set to the email address you use to access Specle. Once updated, you can return to the Bookings tab and locate your booking.
What does Match to Booking mean?
This will appear on your upload if a URN has not yet been assigned. Once you click on the Match to Booking button, you can type in and search for the required URN. If you cannot find your URN, you will need to check with the publisher that you are assigned to the booking.
Why can't I send without a URN?
News UK, DMG, Reach PLC and TMG now require that submissions sent to their titles have a URN. This way, submissions sent to the publications will be organised and managed accordingly. Please speak to your media buyer or the publication directly to obtain your required URN.
Where can I find the publisher's contact details?
You can find the publisher's contact details on their publication page under the contacts tab or through the copy-chasing page.
How does a URN work?
A Unique Reference Number (URN) is a booking number varying between 6-10 digits based on the publication you are uploading to. This number is used to track the booking you are submitting and is required by some publications.
I have two sides to upload, but only one URN. What do I do?
In common cases, there will be a URN with a suffix (-01/-02) for each side. You will need to get in touch with the publisher to confirm which side they require, as you can only send one file under one URN.
The booking isn't correct. What do I do?
If the booking(s) you see does not show the correct information, please escalate to your relevant commercial contacts as it may have been booking incorrectly and will need amending.