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| This glossary is intended to be of value to new as well as veteran authors. It is a work in progress. Your suggestions for additional terms are welcome: Editor A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP AAAP: Association of American Publishers. The leading trade association of the book industry.AAUP: American Association of University Presses. The same initials also are used by the American Association of University Professors. acquisition editor: Acquires a book and promotes it through the sales and marketing process at a publishing house. Also known as a sponsoring editor. In smaller houses, an acquisitions editor may work with the author to polish the manuscript. adoption: Selection of a title for class use. advance: Upfront money to an author for signing a contract to produce a work. These funds are later deducted from royalties. The purpose of an advance is to defray some author expenses for researching and writing a work. advance copy: Preliminary copy of a book, often photocopied at a stage in production, to generate interest among adopters and reviwers. Also called an ARC, short for "advance readers copy." agent: Someone representing an author in finding a publisher and in negotiating a contract. Agents sometimes provide additional services, including renewing copyrights and collecting royalty payments. A head: These are the major headings within a textbook chapter. A section with an A head is called an A section. ARC: See advance copy. A section: See A head. AAUP: American Association of University Presses, a trade association. author subvention: See subvention. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP Bbacklist: A publisher's inventory of old titles that continue to sell.B head: These are headings for subsections within A sections of a textbook chapter. These subsections are called B sections. See A head. B section: See B head. BISG: Book Industry Study Group, a research organization, whose annual report, Book Industry Trends, is highly regarded. blurbs: Endorsements of the book that often are ised in publicity brochures to adopters and other buyers. boldface: A type face that is heavier than normal text. Sometimes abbreviated in copy editing and proofing as BF. bullet: A typographical device to help readers see a listing as a list. A bullet often is a black dot, like a bullet hole, get it? Variations in squares, checks and other typical devices. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP Cconfidentiality clause: A contract provision that prohibits an author from sharing contract details. Sometimes called a gag clause.copy editor: Corrects grammar and spelling in a manuscript and checks facts for accuracy and conformity. copyright: A legal right to use or sell original material and derive income therefrom. copyshop: A photocopy business that printys and sells packages of learning materials specified by a professor for a specific class, usually in lieu of a textbook. See coursepack. cover art: The design of the book cover, generally produced by a specialty graphics company but sometimes in-house. cross-collateralization: An accounting mechanism that allows the publisher to charge unearned advances on a book against another title. coursepack: A compilation, usually of textbook chapters, parts of scholarly books, and journal articles, for a college course. Coursepacks are photocopied and bound by a bookstore or copyshop for the course instructor who has compiled the material and sometimes supplemented it with a syllabus and other course-unqiue materials. The bookstore or copyshop sells the coursepacks to students. Done right, courepack content is reproduced with permission from the copyright owner of the original material, usally for a fee that is passed on to the publisher and the author if the publisher-author contract so deems. See copyshop. C head: These are headings for subsections within B sections of a textbook chapter. These subsections are called C sections. See A head and B head. C section: See C head. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP Ddesk copy: A product provided by a publisher to an educator, often free, to consider for class adoption.A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP Eearn out: When royalty income to the author exceeds the advance.e-book: A computer appliance that downloads books from the web for on-screen reading. editor: Publishing houses have many editors with different responsibilities. See specific title: acquisition editor, copy editor, sponsoring editor. el-hi: The elementary and high school book market. errors and omissions insurance: A policy available to authors concerned about possible lawsuits resulting from their work. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP Ffirst pass: An early printed edition of the manuscript, which is reviewed for accuracy by the author and copy editor before publication.freelance: An independent contractor hired for a specific function, such as indexing or copyediting. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP Ggag clause: A contract provision that prohibits an author from sharing contract details. Sometimes called a confidentiality clause.galley: An advance copy of a book, usually taken from a stage in production, available for review by adopters and other purchasers. ghosting: A practice in textbooks, now largely abandoned, in which a staff produces a work and the name of a prominent person in a field is used, with permission, on the spine. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP HA | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOPIintellectual property: Products of the human mind, as opposed to the human hand. Intellectual property includes patents and trademarks, but authors are concerned mostly with copyright. The constitutional, statutory and case-law mechanism for protecting the intellectual property of an author and any other creative person is called copyright law.ISBN: A unique number assigned by a publisher to each title under the International Standard Book Number system. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP JA | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOPKK-12: Kindergarten through 12th grade. Variations include K-3, K-6 and K-8.A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP Llist: a book company's titlesA | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP Mmonograph: A university press book on a narrow topic in an academic field.NNACS: National Association of College Stores. Members are cllege bookstores.A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP Oon-demand printing: See print on demand.out of print: A title no longer maintained in the publisher's catalog or inventory. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP Ppackager: A contractor who handles all or some phases in the production of book. This can include writing, editing, assembling the components.page proofs: Final set of a work's pages for reviewing before printing. These are provided the author for a final check. Sometimes they are provided to potential adopters ahead of publication. permission: A right granted by a copyright holder to use a work protected under copyright law. plant costs: An accounting mechanism that includes overhead for calculating production costs of a work. POD: See print on demand. print on demand: A process that allows for short runs, even single copies, produced through a photocopy-like process with binding on the spot. Called POD. PQN: See print quantity needed. peint quantity needed: Ane lectrostatic process, like a photocopy machine, that allows short runs, usually 100 to 1,500 copies, to be printed cost-effectively. Called PQN. print run: Mumber of copies produced. P&:L: Short for profit and loss. An entry on a publisher's balance sheet that lists costs, including author advance, against sales and subsidiary earnings. pub date: The scheduled release date for the book. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP QA | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOPRremaindered: Excess stock of printed unsold books that are sold at super-discounted discounted prices.reprint: A subsequent printing of a title to replenish the inventory, perhaps with no editorial changes. returns: Unsold copies returned by bookstores and other purchasers. royalty: Author's share of a book's income. The royalty rate is specified in a contract as a percentage of net sales. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP Ssa2: Society of Academic Authors. Spoken variously as S-A-two, S-A-square, S-double-A or S-two-A. We particularly like S-A-to-the-second power.self-publish: An author produces the book. sponsoring editor: Acquires a book and promotes it through the sales and marketing process at a publishing house. Also known as an acquisitions editor. In smaller houses, an acquisitions editor may work with the author to polish the manuscript. STM: Narrowly focused books and journalism for science, technical and medical audiences, hence the abbreviation. Includes professional titles for field like accounting, business and law. subsidiary rights: Govern the adaptation of a work for additional markets, including anthologies and translations. For trade books, this can involve authorizing movie versions, book club editions, and audio editions. subvention: A partial subsidy by an author to a publisher to produce and market a book. Author subvention is common with some university presses for books aimed at narrow markets. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP TTAA: Text and Academic Authors. Formerly the Textbooks Authors Association.textbooks: Works for educational, professional and use. TOC: Table of contents. trade books: Works for general bookstore and library sales, as distinguished from textbooks. A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP Uuniversity press: Many major unversities operate a press that historically produced monographs and other scholarly works. Fianancial pressure has forced many university presses to become more commercial in their selection of titles and marketing.A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOP Vvanity press: Publishers that charge the author for expenses.WA | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOPXA | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOPYA | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | TOPZ |
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