1, market research (1) to understand the needs of readers.
Determine the general content and readers of the proposed topic, as well as the practical functions of the proposed topic (study preparation, reference, reference, etc.). ), and estimate the price that the proposed book can be accepted by readers.
(2) Understand the situation of similar books.
If there are books with similar or similar themes in the market, understand their editing ideas, main contents and characteristics, cover, layout, format, printing characteristics, scale (total number of words and sheets), pricing (including the pricing of paper and sheets for body and cover), readership positioning and sales.
(3) solicit opinions from the distribution center
In the process of topic planning, keep in touch with the publishing center of the publishing house at any time, listen to their opinions carefully, and modify the content and form of planning topics.
2. Form a topic (1) through investigation and comparison, fully understand the market situation, determine the content and formal characteristics (selling points) of the proposed topic, and find a suitable author.
(2) Write a topic planning report and fill in the topic declaration form in detail, including the title, author, target audience, scale (total words, format, number of sheets), pricing (including sheet pricing), publishing time, main contents and characteristics (different from similar books), cost accounting (including remuneration and direct printing costs) and market forecast (including estimated total sales, sales discount and profit and loss).
3. Argumentation of topic selection (1) First submit the proposed topic to the editing room for argumentation, fully absorb the reasonable opinions inside the editing room, and revise and improve the topic selection plan.
(2) After the internal argumentation of the editing room is passed, the proposed topic will be submitted to the editor-in-chief for review, and further revised and improved according to the editor's opinion.
(3) After the proposed topic is approved by the editor in charge, submit it to the editorial board of the publishing house for demonstration and answer the questions of the editorial board.
4. After the selected topic of the reserved draft planning is approved by the editorial board of the publishing house, the planning editor will further revise and improve the selected topic according to the opinions of the editorial board and organize its implementation. At the same time, the relevant information will be reported to the editor-in-chief, so as to report the topic selection plan to the Ministry of Education and apply for the real name number to the General Administration of Press and Publication.
(1) Contact the author, explain to him the detailed idea of topic selection planning, especially the content and characteristics of topic selection, and ask him to provide the preparation plan, preparation model and manuscript samples.
(2) Review the materials provided by the author, such as writing plan, writing examples, manuscript samples, etc., and put forward clear and detailed amendments to the author.
5. Sign a contract for manuscripts (1) After the writing plan, writing mode and manuscript sample submitted by the author have passed the examination, a contract for manuscripts can be signed with the author. The contract must include: the author guarantees the copyright, the author shall not hand over the manuscript to a third party, the delivery time, the total number of words (including the number of entries in Chinese dictionaries), the remuneration standard, the payment method and time, and the requirements for writing the manuscript.
(2) Draft contract procedure: the planning editor draws up a draft contract according to the standard draft contract of the publishing house, and submits (sends) two copies to the author after being examined and approved by the office director; After the author signs (seals) and sends it back (sends), it will be signed by the director of the office and submitted to the editor-in-chief for affixing the contract seal. One copy of the original contract is kept in the editor-in-chief room and one copy is delivered (mailed) to the author. The office director and planning editor keep copies.
6. Urge the author to contribute on time (1). After signing the contract, the planning editor should keep in touch with the author in the writing process, understand the progress of manuscript writing, and urge the author to submit the manuscript on time.
(2) If the author encounters difficulties or problems in the writing process, he should try his best to help them solve them, so as to ensure that the author submits the manuscript on time.
Link 2: manuscript follow-up After receiving the manuscript submitted by the author, you should carefully check the manuscript.
1. Checking whether the manuscript is "neat, clear and definite" or "neat" means whether the manuscript is complete, which generally includes: internal and external chapters (including title, author list, author's signature, writing method, publishing house, etc. ), table of contents, preface or writing instructions, examples, word lookup tables (phonetic or morphological order) or item indexes, etc. Among them, internal and external printing, catalogue and text are essential. If individual project authors are temporarily unable to contribute for some reason, the final submission time should be agreed with them.
"Clear" means that the manuscript is clearly written and can be recognized by typesetters. Authors are now generally required to provide electronic manuscripts and printed samples. If there are international phonetic symbols, ancient Chinese characters, minority languages, illustrations, tables and other contents in the manuscript, it is necessary to check whether it is correct and clear.
"Fixed" means that the manuscript delivered by the author is the final version, and the author cannot change the manuscript at will during the editing and publishing process, especially not greatly.
2. Check whether the manuscript meets the agreed requirements. If the manuscript does not meet the agreed requirements in terms of scale, style, content and quality, it can be returned to the author for revision. If the author refuses to revise it, or it still fails to meet the requirements after repeated revisions, he can reject the manuscript and terminate the contract, and pay the author the manuscript fee of 10 ~ 15 yuan/thousand words. If the author submits his own manuscript, he generally does not pay the refund fee.
If the manuscript delivered by the author meets the agreed requirements, it can be edited and processed.
3. Processing of Natural Manuscripts When receiving natural manuscripts, they must be registered in the editor-in-chief room, and the name, author and length (pages; Whether the manuscript is orderly, clear and definite), and the time when it is received, and deal with it as soon as possible (according to the copyright law, the author must be informed of the handling opinions within six months after receiving the manuscript, otherwise it will be regarded as agreeing to publish it). If you think it has no publishing value, immediately reject the manuscript (registered mail or ask the contributor to take it away by himself) and register the rejection (indicate the time and method of rejection). If you think it has publishing value, fill in the declaration form of topic selection and demonstrate the topic selection according to the procedure. Conclude a book publishing contract with the author after the demonstration is passed and officially published; If the argument fails, it will be rejected.
Link 3: Editing Optimization After checking, it is confirmed that the manuscript submitted by the author is neat, clear and finalized, which meets the requirements of the manuscript, and you can start editing and processing. At the same time, the responsible editor should make a countdown table of production progress, and the guarantee will be published on time. The editing and processing of books generally go through "three trials", that is, the first trial, the second trial and the final trial.
1, the editor of the first trial (usually the editor in charge) should first read through the contents, examples, preface and about one-third of the text of the manuscript to understand the basic content, writing characteristics, structure and style of the manuscript, and then read through the manuscript and edit it. The preliminary examination work mainly includes:
(1) Correct mistakes in words, pronunciation, knowledge, grammar, logic, Europeanization, opinions, etc.
(2) unify the style of the whole book, including unifying the title, format and digital usage at all levels.
(3) Mark the contents that need to be specially produced on the manuscript, such as international phonetic symbols, ancient Chinese characters, small languages, foreign languages, illustrations (notices must be filled in if American designs are needed), tables, etc.
(4) Check citations, sources and indexes; View reference and cross-reference items, and view supporting contents or items; Check relevant professional knowledge; Check or calculate the reference answer.
(5) Check the manuscript items in order (outer envelope, inner envelope, table of contents, preface or writing instructions, example sentences, syllables, word search table or stroke index, etc. , text, appendix, references, reference answers, etc. ), and stamp or fill in the page number in sequence from the inside seal.
(6) Fill in the processing records and write a review report (evaluation content, characteristics, academic and writing level, social and economic benefits, writing quality, academic status, whether it meets the requirements of formal publication, etc.). ).
2. After the preliminary examination is completed, the editorial director will arrange qualified editors (generally with the title of subtropical high or above) to review the manuscript. Read through the manuscript when reviewing the manuscript. The review mainly includes:
(1) Check whether the preliminary revision is correct, correct the mistakes in the preliminary revision, and correct all kinds of mistakes or inappropriate places not seen in the preliminary revision.
(2) Indicate the problems that need to be further verified and solved in the preliminary examination in the manuscript.
(3) Fill in the review record and write the review report (evaluate the manuscript and the preliminary review, and explain whether it is recommended to publish).
3. The editor in charge of the final review will carefully verify and solve the relevant problems raised by the review, and submit the manuscript together with the preliminary review opinions and press releases to the editor-in-chief office. The editor-in-chief checks whether the manuscript is neat, clear and definite, whether the review opinions are implemented, and whether the press release form is complete and specific. ); If more problems are found, the responsible editor can be retired and reworked), and the manuscript, together with the preliminary examination opinions and press release form, will be handed over to the responsible editor. Responsible for the final review of the manuscript by the editor himself or by entrusting a qualified person. The final work mainly includes:
(1) Read through the preliminary examination opinions and records to see if the preliminary examination modification is correct; If there are many problems in the preliminary examination and review or there are still many problems left over from the manuscript after the preliminary examination and review, the editor of the preliminary examination or the editor of the review may reject the manuscript and rework it.
(2) read part of the manuscript (about a quarter) to judge the quality of the manuscript; If you think that the quality of the manuscript does not meet the requirements of official publication or there are directional errors, the editor will be responsible for revising or rejecting the manuscript.
(3) write the final draft opinion, evaluate the manuscript, preliminary examination and review, and explain whether to agree to publish it; If you agree to publish the manuscript, please sign the manuscript form.
Step 4: Review the release process. After the responsible editor signs the publication proposal, the publication can begin.
1, fill in the press release form and art design notice for review and signature. After the release of the press release, the responsible editor shall fill in the press release form (in quintuplicate) and the notice of art design (in triplicate).
The items to be filled in the manuscript paper include: book title (if it is a series, including the book title of the series), author (the list of authors that must appear on the cover), writing method (writing, editing/editing, editing), manuscript size (including total words, format, estimated print run), audience, executive summary, content to be published (if the manuscript is not "neat"), and Among them, the expression of "readers (including institutions)" must be specific, such as "sixth grade students in primary school", "eighth grade students in junior high school", "liberal arts candidates in college entrance examination", "graduate students majoring in language and literature", "Kunqu fans and researchers", "Tang poetry (Du Shi) researchers", "university library and Chinese department reference room" and "middle school library/reference room" are not applicable. "Summary" should briefly introduce the main contents of this book and highlight its characteristics (selling points) different from similar books. For academic works, we should point out their academic characteristics and status. For reference books, we should focus on their content scope, arrangement style and writing characteristics. And emphasize their practical value. For supplementary books, we should emphasize the highlights of their contents and the characteristics of their styles. For teaching materials, each volume, each unit and each text should write a summary. The forms of the executive summary are:
General book summary: 1, narrative summary. This paper briefly introduces the theme, content range, type characteristics and writing style of books. This kind of abstract focuses on summarizing the theme of the book itself, pointing out the research object and the problems expounded in the book. The purpose is to give readers a general understanding of the contents of the book before reading. 2. Recommended summary. While briefly introducing the basic content of the book, this paper makes a brief and appropriate evaluation of its main achievements, ideological significance, academic value and its characteristics compared with other similar books, or explains its writing purpose and readers. First, point out the significance and influence of books, actively recommend them to readers, and arouse their reading interest; The second is to point out the reading object of the book, so that readers can use the abstract to choose the book. Academic works and other abstracts suitable for this type. List summary. The chapter name of the main catalogue book can sometimes explain important appendices in order to reveal potential and valuable contents. This abstract can directly reflect the content structure of the book, so that readers can see the components of the book at a glance, but the disclosure of the content is not deep enough. This type of abstract is suitable for collections of essays, essays and literature.
Textbook Summary: 1, Volume: the arrangement intention, main content and style of this volume of textbooks. 2. Unit: unit setting intention, main contents, unit teaching suggestions, etc. 3. Category: the intention of choosing the article, the focus and difficulty of this category, including the background of the article, the author's creative motivation and related comments.
2. After the editor-in-chief checks the manuscript, preliminary examination opinions and signs the manuscript list, the responsible editor will submit the manuscript, preliminary examination opinions together with the manuscript list and art notice to the editor-in-chief.
3. Submit the manuscript, preliminary examination opinions, press release form and notice of artists to the editor-in-chief for final review after checking and confirming that the required items for publication are complete.
4. After the editor-in-chief or client in charge of the official press release signs the press release form, the editor-in-chief will register the press release and indicate the real name ISBN on the press release form. The editor-in-chief keeps the preliminary examination opinions, a manuscript list and an artist's notice, submits the remaining manuscript list to the responsible editor, and applies for CIP data online.
The editor in charge will submit the manuscript, a manuscript paper and an art design notice to the publishing department, and a manuscript paper will be distributed to the finance office and the distribution center. I kept a manuscript and an art design notice.
5. After concluding a publishing contract, it is necessary to conclude a book publishing contract with the copyright owner of the manuscript (the procedures and requirements are basically the same as those for concluding a manuscript contract). The publishing contract must include: the author guarantees the copyright, undertakes all the responsibilities arising therefrom and authorizes the publishing house to publish, and the publishing house has exclusive publishing rights (the author shall not give the manuscript to a third party for use), the total number of words (including the number of entries if it is a dictionary), the publishing time, the remuneration standard, the payment method and time, and the validity period of the contract (expressed as "several years after the book is officially published", generally not less than five years).
6. In principle, the book title (due to ISBN's real name application, changing the book title means re-applying for the topic selection plan and re-applying for the application number), signature, format and design form cannot be changed after filling in the change notice. If it is really necessary to change, it must be approved by the responsible editor, who will fill in the change notice and submit it to the editor-in-chief, publishing department, distribution center and accounting office, and the responsible editor will keep one copy.
Link 5: Art Design Art design is divided into appearance image design (cover, inner cover, back cover, spine) design and text layout design. The appearance and image design is subject to the "three-review" system.
Before art design, Art editor must read the press release and art design notice, read the manuscript, communicate with the responsible editor, make clear the readers of the manuscript, understand the general content and writing style of the manuscript, and understand the specific requirements of the responsible editor for the art design of the manuscript.
1. Arrange Art editor Publishing Department to arrange Art editor to be responsible for the art design of the book according to the requirements of the responsible editor (if there is no explicit requirement, the publishing department will assign it by itself) after receiving the manuscript, manuscript paper and art design notice.
2. Text layout design The text layout design should be clear and beautiful. Before the manuscript is formally typeset, Art editor should design several proofs of text typesetting, which can only be formally typeset after the signature of the responsible editor.
3. Appearance and image design After Art editor designs the cover, inner cover, back cover and spine sample, it is necessary to fill in the cover design approval form (indicating the design intention), and make the design sample (sample) and design table, together with the press release and art design notice, for the preliminary examination of design management.
(1) Preliminary review: After the design management understands the requirements of the responsible editor for art design and Art editor's design intention, it will review the design samples (samples) to check whether the design is obviously inappropriate, and fill in the preliminary review opinions (evaluate the design quality) on the cover design sheet.
Art editor revised the design according to the opinions of the design management, and submitted the revised design sample (sample draft) and design sheet to the responsible editor for review.
(2) Review: The responsible editor understands the design intent and preliminary review opinions, reviews the design sample (draft), checks whether it meets the design requirements, and fills in the review opinions (indicating whether it is recommended to publish).
Art editor revised the design according to the review opinions of the responsible editor, and submitted the revised design sample (draft) to the leaders in charge for final review (the cover of ideological and cultural books must be approved by the president).
(3) Final review: the competent leader shall review the design sample to see if it conforms to the overall style of my book, and fill in the final review opinion (indicating whether it agrees to publish).
Link 6: Proofreading process Proofreading manuscripts generally includes three proofreadings (dictionaries and textbooks can be proofread up to four times), reading through proofs and proofreading. If it is necessary to increase the number of schools, it should be approved by the editor-in-chief. Generally, the responsible editor only looks at the proofreading once (three proofs), and the responsible editor of dictionaries and textbooks can look at the proofreading twice, but generally can't look at the proofreading twice in a row. In the process of proofreading, if there is any place that needs special attention of the recording and arranging personnel, it should be indicated on the inner seal.
1, one or two schools are generally undertaken by personnel arranged by the publishing department, and the responsible editor can recommend candidates. One or two proofreading methods should be adopted to ensure that the proofreading is consistent with the original. Problems found in the manuscript during proofreading should be marked with a pencil. The editor in charge is responsible for solving the problems raised by the first and second schools.
2. Three schools (four schools) are generally edited by responsible editors. Its work includes: proofreading and checking manuscripts word by word; Unify the style of books; Sort out the layout of books; Fill in the missing contents, such as words, illustrations, tables, etc. ; Complete special verification. Textbooks should be specially checked for phonetic notation, glossary, notes, etc. The dictionary should be specially checked: page number, reference items, other reference items, support items, etc. Word lookup table and index; Teaching assistants should specially check the reference answers (whether they correspond to the questions and whether they are correct).
Three schools (four schools) are still allowed to move the version, and the content can be changed locally.
3. Reading through the proofs is generally completed by the responsible editor. Its work includes: reading through all samples and correcting typos; Cross-check the table of contents, index and text, and fill in the page number (including table of contents, index or dictionary, see text and page number, etc.). ); Supplementary version (avoid single word lines, etc.) , especially in the dictionary).
Proofreading is generally not allowed to change the layout.
4, nuclear red is generally completed by the responsible editor. Its work includes: checking whether the places that need to be corrected on the proof are corrected, and checking whether the page numbers filled in are correct.
5. The copyright page of books is generally the responsibility of the publishing department. The responsible editor may request to check whether the text of the copyright page is correct, mainly including: book title, author's name, writing method, CIP data, pricing, etc.
Step 7: Sign the film. After confirming that the manuscript does not need to be changed, the responsible editor shall sign the certificate and agree to shoot (indicate "film can be shot after correction" and sign the name and date), and submit it to the editor-in-chief office for spot check on the editing and proofreading quality. After the editor-in-chief signs and approves, the responsible editor will submit the signed proof to the publishing department and send it to the factory for film production.
Link 8: Inspection of the manuscript before the book is formally bound, the responsible editor should check the manuscript submitted by the publishing department to see whether the printing and binding meet the requirements, whether the printing and binding of the content are in wrong order, and whether the page numbers are in wrong order. If major mistakes are found, it is necessary to communicate with the publishing department in time, notify the manufacturer to stop binding, and take measures to remedy them.
Link 9: Within two months after the official publication of the finished book, the responsible editor must read through the whole book, check the editing and proofreading quality of the book, fill in the review report, and submit a copy of the review report (the original is kept by himself) together with the revised sample book to the editor-in-chief room.
Before the book is reprinted for the first time, the editor-in-chief office may entrust editors with senior titles inside and outside the society (including retirees with senior titles) to review the book, check the quality of the book and put forward suggestions for revision.
Step 10: Before reprinting the revised book for the first time, the responsible editor should summarize and check the revised opinions put forward by relevant parties, mark the contents to be edited and revised on the reprint sample book, fill in the page number of the contents to be revised on the reprint sheet, and submit the reprint sample book and the reprint sheet to the publishing department.