The concept of book publishing contract has broad sense and narrow sense. In a narrow sense, a book publishing contract refers to an agreement reached between a book publisher and the author of a work or other copyright owners on the publication of a work. Book publishing contracts in a broad sense include book publishing contracts, first draft contracts, self-funded publishing contracts and cooperative publishing contracts. In practice, some books publishing contracts are concluded when the author has finished writing the manuscript and submitted it to the publishing house, and then both parties reach an agreement on the rights and obligations of publishing the manuscript through consultation. However, some book publishing contracts are contracts in which both the publisher and the author make an agreement on the contract and the publication of the manuscript at the same time when the works to be published have not yet been produced. The narrow book publishing contract is a typical publishing contract, and the meaning of the book publishing contract here only refers to the narrow book publishing.

2, the main terms of the publishing contract and the main rights and obligations of both parties.

According to the provisions of the copyright law, a publishing contract contains the following main contents: 1) the type, name and quality of the work; 2) The time when the author or other copyright owner delivered the manuscript to the publisher; 3) publishing time of the publishing house; 4) The time limit for publishers to enjoy exclusive publishing rights; 5) Quantity and quality of publications; 6) Standards and methods of payment.

According to the above contents, the rights and obligations of the author or other copyright owners agreed in the contract are: 1) Manuscripts that meet the agreed quality (including no copyright defects) should be delivered to the publishing house within the agreed time limit; (2) to receive remuneration in accordance with the agreed amount and time limit; 3) Do not license the work to a third party in the same way and scope; 4) obtain sample books; 5) If the publishing house refuses to reprint or republish the books after they are out of stock, it has the right to terminate the contract.

The publisher's main rights and obligations are: 1) publishing the author's manuscript according to the agreed time limit and quality; 2) Pay the author remuneration according to the agreed amount and time limit; 3) Enjoy the exclusive publishing right of the work; 4) Editing and publishing a work shall not damage the copyright of the copyright owner; 5) If a work is reprinted or republished, it shall notify the copyright owner and pay remuneration.