Foreword
For traditional editors, there are a number of types: planning editing, editorial editing, proofreading, revision, etc. Publications are the basic skills of book editors。
The article contains some basic information about publications, which can raise awareness of publications。
1. The concept of publication
Publication is a social activity that edits, reproduces and distributes to the public, to disseminate scientific culture, information and exchange of ideas. This recognition has been shared by our scholars after many years of deliberation and deliberation。
We've had a long history of publishing activities, but they're called different names
2. Three elements of publication
The publication activities consist of three main elements: editing, reproduction and distribution。
2. 1 the editing is the planning, organization, reading, selection and processing of works. The publication of an article on his blog is not a publication because it is not formally edited. So it's not published, it's just an article。
2. 2 reproduction takes place through the production of one or more items of the same content as the content of the work in various ways, such as book printing, although there is much to be noted in book printing and later recorded。
2. 3 distribution is an activity whereby the publisher transmits publications to consumers through commodity exchanges, i. E., selling goods。
The current "web publishing" is one of the six major publishing media. Because there are three elements of publishing: editing, copying, distribution。
3. The premises for publication
Publication is a prerequisite for publication as opposed to “works”. Works are also not limited to literary books, including but not limited to literary works, music, fine arts, architectural works, photographic works, film works, etc., in addition to book publishing, film publishing, music distribution, etc。
Types of publications 1. Classification by general characteristics of publications
There are six main categories: books, newspapers, periodicals, audio-visual products, electronic publications, internet publications。
The first three of these are also referred to as “paper publications” or “print publications”。
2. Classification of disciplines by content of publications
The basic categories, which are classified by the chinese library classification method (the “mixed chart”) are also used by publishers in their application numbers。
China library classification
3. Classifications according to the hierarchical structure of the knowledge contained
It is divided into academic studies, knowledge dissemination, public life, recreation, etc。
Classification by expression of content
It is divided into text, drawing, graphic, sound, image, multimedia, etc。
5. Classification from the perspective of the scope of issuance
It is divided into publications which are publicly available at home and abroad, those which are limited to domestic issues, those which are issued only internally。
Iii. Publication characteristics 1. Not only material but also mental product characteristics
Publications require a spiritual production process。
2. Social effects
General goods have few negative social effects。
But for publications, the positive social effects of good publications are great, as are the negative social effects of poor-quality publications and those of reactionary content。
National regulations governing the publication of publications must therefore be strictly enforced。
3. Speciality in the relationship between social and economic benefits
The greater the social benefits of goods in general, the greater the economic benefits。
However, the economic and social benefits of publications such as books are likely to be counterproductive。
The publication of a number of academic works is largely precarious due to the small readership. And some of the cost-effective books are not necessarily better than the social benefits of academic writings。
Presses and editors should therefore be culturally responsible in publishing and creating monographs of higher academic value, so that they not only transmit and disseminate the culture of excellence of human society, but also build their own brands。
4. Quantitative and economic benefits specificity
The larger the number of copies, the smaller the fixed cost per book, due to constant fixed costs. Thus, the profit margin for the production of 500 books could be lost, while the profit margin for the printing of 50,000 books would be considerable。
However, the market cannot be examined in such a way as to increase the volume of printing blindly in order to reduce fixed costs, resulting in an increase in the volume of human-made books and, ultimately, in total costs, at a loss due to backlogs。
