I am doing a course on how to be a writer, and I have decided to share with you through my publications, the knowledge I am acquiring. This way we can learn together.
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In this opportunity we will talk about book publishing, which is the industry related to the production and dissemination of all types of books. This may or may not include the activity of making information available to the general public, i.e., distribution. Sometimes authors may be their own publishers. A book is defined as any unitary, non-journalistic publication of a literary nature, printed on any medium, provided that it is published as a whole at one time in one volume or in several volumes.
The act by which a work is modified may also be called editing or proofreading. A work previously published in a book format may be edited again if so desired. It is a process that is divided into several stages, ranging from the creation of a book by an author to its printing.
The steps are as follows:
-Manuscript reception.
-Acceptance of the original and contracting.
-Editing the original.
-Correction of the style.
-Composition.
-Final artwork.
-Printing.
-Printing.
-Binding and finishing.
It should be mentioned that in several countries there are courses and careers on publishing with the idea of professionalizing the activity. In Spain, there is no degree course dedicated to publishing as such. However, there are several master's degrees aimed at training publishers. Moreover, the only career focused on the training of publishers in Mexico is the degree in publishing and culture management created in Monterrey in 2019, by the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon.
In the same vein, being editors of our own work is a special task. In the first place, it is the economy of words. If you can say with 10 words what you would normally use 15, it is better. For example, instead of "the things that happened to us", better use "the things that happened to us" and we save words. We should clean up the characters when writing. A magazine initially asked for 1400 characters, then, they asked for 1600, now they put 1200 characters in order to increase the font size.
In that sense, the letter or font to use, determines a lot our size. If it is Arial it is larger than Times New Toman, and so many other examples. We can be the editors of many texts by learning to improve the spacing, the size of the letters, and the use of the least number of extra words. On the other hand, identifying whether a work was edited a first time is not an easy task. There are many publishers and each uses a variety of methods, which change often. The simplest way to know if a book is a first edition is to check if the publisher has written the word "first edition" on the copyright page. Another common method of identification is through the number of lines, or what is the same, the series of numbers usually between 10-1 also known on the same copyright page. Normally, if a 1 is present on this line it is a first edition. This style is used since World War II.
To conclude, we must say that the edition is the conventional mode of publication and the greatest illusion of anyone who wishes to publish a book. It consists of the printing and publication of a work by a publishing company. After passing some quality filters, the work of a writer awakens the interest of a publisher, who decides to bet on it and launch it to the market. She is in charge of managing the entire editing process (proofreading, selection, cover design, printing, distribution, promotion) so that the work can become a marketed book. If desired, the author can participate in the editing process. However, the writer should not worry about the management, nor the promotional means for the sale and marketing of the work.
Were you aware of the whole editing process?
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My first Goal was to be a writer and then to published a book, but I totally forget about it hehe, after reading this one those familiar words came to me after how many years. from Manuscript reception,Acceptance of the original and contracting,Editing the original,Correction of the style,Composition,Final artwork,Printing,Binding and finishing, I think I encounter all of these back in highschool at one of our subject. Thank you for sharing this one 💚💚