Inside Book Publishing (Blueprint)

by Giles N. Clark (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.29

  Book publishing today is a highly competitive and exciting international industry. Inside Book Publishing provides a wealth of essential information for anyone interested in a career in publishing, or in understanding how publishing works. This fully revised, updated and extended edition covers: the history and current structure of the UK book trade the role of the author, authors' agents, packagers and booksellers copyright and contracts key elements of the publishing process: commissioning, editorial, design, production, publicity and promotion, sales and rights the business of publishing the impact of electronic publishing and online bookselling getting a job in publishing and career pathways information on organizations offering training for publishers, suggestions for networking opportunities, and an annotated guide to further reading.

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $3.29

  How do publishers work and make money? Why do they exist?

  This expanded and thoroughly revised fourth edition of Inside Book Publishing is designed for students of publishing, authors needing to find out publishing secrets, and those wanting to get in or get on in the industry. It addresses the big issues - globalization of publishing, the impact of the internet - and explains publishing from the author contract to the bookshop shelf.

  It covers:

  • how the present industry has evolved
  • publishing functions - editorial, design and production, marketing, sales and distribution, and rights
  • the role of the author
  • copyright and contracts
  • the sales channels for books in the UK, from the high street to ebooks
  • getting a job in publishing.

  It features:

  • topic boxes written by expert contributors
  • a glossary of publishing terms
  • suggestions for further reading
  • a directory of publishing organizations
  • a Companion Website at: http://www.insidebookpublishing.com/.