Books (editing/publishing world)
Books (editing/publishing world)
22 The publishing/editing world related to books terms
- Advance
- noun
- a payment made by a publisher to an author prior to publication, typically based on anticipated sales.
- fr: avance, acompte
- Blurb
- noun
- a short description of a book, film, or other product written for promotional purposes
- fr: résumé, texte de présentation
- Book
- noun
- printed pages bound together
- fr: livre
- Bookseller
- noun
- a person who sells books
- fr: libraire
- Copyright
- noun
- the legal "right to copy", reproduce, publish or distribute intellectual property
- fr: droits d'auteur
- Distribution
- noun
- the process of getting books into the hands of retailers and readers.
- fr: distribution
- Editing
- noun
- to make changes to a manuscript or other written work in order to improve it or make it more suitable for printing and publication
- fr: édition
- Galley proof
- noun
- a pre-publication version of a book that is used for proofreading and editing purposes
- fr: exemplaire, pré-publication
- Genre
- noun
- a category or type of literature which is recognizable by certain features
- fr: genre
- Ghostwriting
- noun
- to write for and in the name of another
- fr: écriture anonyme
- Hardcover
- noun
- a book with a thick, stiff cover and a rigid binding
- fr: relié, couverture rigide
- ISBN (International Standard Book Number)
- noun
- a set of unique numbers assigned to each book that is published
- fr: numéro international normalisé du livre
- Layout
- noun
- the design and arrangement of text, images, and other elements in a book or other publication
- fr: mise en page
- Literary agent
- noun
- someone who represents a writer and tries to get the author's work published
- fr: agent littéraire
- Manuscript
- noun
- the original copy of a book or document written by hand before it is published or printed
- fr: manuscrit
- Marketing
- noun
- the process of promoting a book to potential readers
- fr: commercialisation, marketing
- Paperback
- noun
- a book with a flexible paper cover and binding
- fr: broché
- Printing
- noun
- the process of producing writing or images on paper or other material using a machine
- fr: impression
- Proofreading
- noun
- to make changes to a manuscript or other written work in order to find errors and mistakes in grammar, punctuation, spelling and formatting
- fr: relecture, correction
- Publisher
- noun
- A person or a company that owns the right to distribute and sell a book
- fr: éditeur
- Royalty
- noun
- a payment made to authors based on the sales of their book
- fr: redevance
- Typesetting
- noun
- the process of arranging text in a visually appealing way, including the selection of fonts, sizes, and line spacing
- fr: typographie, mise en page, composition