Book Commissioning and Acquisition
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Product details:
- Edition number 2, New edition
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 24 June 2004
- ISBN 9780415317894
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 268 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 3 Tables, black & white 0
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Short description:
A new edition of the one and only 'must-read' for anyone training to be a successful editor. Gill Davies, whilst concentrating on essential commissioning skills, has also included other challenges which editors now face, including the demands of handling new lists following mergers and takeovers, and digital technology.
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Since its first publication, this essential guide to book commissioning has established itself as the one and only 'must-read' for any successful editor, and the core training text used both within publishing houses and on publishing courses worldwide.
In this new edition, Davies concentrates on the essential skills of commissioning, as well as other editorial challenges such as handling new lists following mergers and takeovers, and the demands of digital technology. New case-studies have been added which illustrate the commercial and practical problems that editors must address in today's complex and demanding marketplace.
This book remains the one text that editors must have by their side throughout their careers.
'This is an excellent guide for all aspiring editorial staff and, indeed, established editors. Gill Davies gives a very clear and in-depth picture of how to acquire and live with an editorial job-title. Her information is delivered in an authoritative, brisk style with a dash of wry humour and clear enthusiasm for a job which can be both exciting, very rewarding and very nerve-racking. Established editors can also learn from this book and I shall happily recommend it to all the staff I help to train' - Mary Tapissier, Director, HR and Training, Hodder Headline Publishing
'This is a first-class complete and measured account of everything that a commissioning editor needs to know - whether they are new, aspiring or 'old hands' ... Ms Davies book should also be compulsory reading for publishing company directors' - Richard Balkwill, Copy Train, a writing, training and copyright service for publishers
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction, 2 How to choose what to publish, 3 Committing projects for publication, 4 From contract to delivery, 5 Managing the publication process, 6 Strategic and financial aspects of list building, 7 Developing and maintaining a list, 8 Teamwork and professional ethics, 9 An impossible job?, 10 A future for the book?, 11 Recommended reading and other resources, Index
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