A publication refers to a work that has obtained an international standard book number and is printed into a book by a publishing institution with certain qualifications; Publications whose contents are presented in digital form are called electronic publications or e-books.
As early as the Five Dynasties, China had woodcut and woodcut, and in the Song Dynasty, there were words such as open edition, rigid edition and woodcut (the ancient edition was connected with the edition), but the printed words never appeared. The word publication appeared in Japan in the 1950s of 18. Nowadays, the word publication usually refers to the collective name of editing (production), printing (reproduction) and dissemination of books, newspapers, periodicals, audio-visual and software.
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China implements the system of voluntary registration of copyright, and whether published works are published or not, the copyright legally obtained by the author or other copyright owners will not be affected.
In China, the system of voluntary registration of works or automatic registration of copyright in publication will safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of authors or other copyright owners and users of works, help solve copyright disputes caused by copyright ownership and provide preliminary evidence for solving copyright disputes.
According to the long-term and short-term topic selection plan and the current and potential market demand, the publishing house puts forward the topic selection, looks for a suitable author (translator) and signs a book publishing contract with the author (translator). The author (translator) shall edit or translate in accordance with the contents agreed with the publishing house and the book publishing contract.
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