Inside Book Publishing, Słowniki, Leksykony, Teksty o designie
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Inside Book Publishing
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 fi nd out publishing
secrets, and those wanting to get in or get on in the industry. It addresses the big
issues – the globalization of publishing, the impact of the internet – and explains
publishing from the author contract to the bookshop shelf.
It covers:
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how the present industry has evolved,
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publishing functions – editorial, design and production, marketing, sales and
distribution, and rights,
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the role of the author,
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copyright and contracts,
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the sales channels for books in the UK, from the high street to ebooks, and
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getting a job in publishing.
It features:
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topic boxes written by expert contributors,
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a glossary of publishing terms,
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suggestions for further reading,
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a directory of publishing organizations, and
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a companion website – www.insidebookpublishing.com.
The book is an essential tool for anyone embarking on a career in publishing, and a
useful handbook for those who are in the industry and for authors.
Giles Clark
is the Copublishing Adviser, Learning and Teaching Solutions, at The
Open University.
Angus Phillips
is Director of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing
Studies, Oxford Brookes University.
Inside Book Publishing
Giles Clark and Angus Phillips
Fourth edition
First published 1988 by Blueprint
Second edition published 1994
Third edition published 2001
This edition published 2008
by Routledge
2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ox14 4rn
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
270 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2008.
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© 1988, 1994, 2001 Giles Clark
© 2008 Giles Clark & Angus Phillips
The right of Giles Clark and Angus Phillips to be identifi ed as the Authors of this Work has
been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Copy-edited, designed, typeset in Scala and Scala Sans, proofread and project-managed by
The Running Head Limited, Cambridge, www.therunninghead.com
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any
form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented,
including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system,
without permission in writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Clark, Giles N. (Giles Noel)
Inside book publishing / by Giles Clark and Angus Phillips.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Publishers and publishing. 2. Publishers and publishing—Vocational guidance.
3. Publishers and publishing—Great Britain. I. Phillips, Angus II. Title.
z278.c557 2008
070.5—dc22
2007048604
ISBN 0-203-34154-6 Master e-book ISBN
isbn10: 0–415–44156–0 (hbk)
isbn10: 0–415–44157–9 (pbk)
isbn10: 0–203–34154–6 (ebk)
isbn13: 978–0–415–44156–8 (hbk)
isbn13: 978–0–415–44157–5 (pbk)
isbn13: 978–0–203–34154–4 (ebk)
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