Publishing

• aa
• ABA
• abridge
• academic press
• acknowledgments
• acquisitions editor
• ad card
• addendum
• advance
• advance copy
• appendix
• author author's tour
• back matter
• backlist
• bestseller
• bibliography
• binding blockbuster
• blue-pencil
• blueline
• blues
• blurb
• boards
• bodice ripper
• BOM proof
• book club
• book jacket
• bookbinding
• bookman
• bookplate
• bookseller
• bookstall
• bookstore
• bound galleys
• buckram binding
• bulk
• caption
• card page
• caret
• case
• cast off
• censorship
• chain
• chapter opening
• chapter title
• children's books
• clothbound
• colophon
• contents
• copy
• copyediting
• copyeditor
• copyreader
• copyright
• crane
• crime novel
• dedication
• desktop publishing
• detective novel
• dime novel
• dust cover
• dust jacket
• ed papers
• edit
• edition
• editor
• editor in chief
• editorial director
• educational publishing
• epilogue
• errata slip
• ex libris
• excerpt
• f and g's
• faction
• fascicle
• fiction
• first edition
• flyleaf
• folio
• footnote
• foreward
• format
• front matter
• frontspiece
• galley proof
• gathering
• genre
• ghost writer
• glossary
• gothic novel
• government press
• hack
• had copy
• half title
• hardcover
• holiday reading
• house
• house style
• imprint
• in-print
• index
• International Standard Book Number
• ISBN
• jacket
• juvenile books
• Kirkus Reviews
• launch
• leader
• leaf
• lexicon
• line editing
• list
• literary agent
• literary publishing
• literary work
• long discount
• mal-order publishing
• manuscript
• mass market
• ms
• mystery
• nonfiction
• np
• option
• oral history
• out-of-print
• over-the-transom
• overrun
• overstock
• packager
• page proofs
• paperback
• paperbound
• part title
• permissions
• piracy
• plagiarism
• pocket book
• potboiler
• preface
• prepack
• presales
• presentation copy
• printer's error
• printing
• proof
• proof sheet
• proofreader
• proofreading marks
• pub date
• public domain
• publication
• publication date
• publicit
• publicity
• publisher
• Publishers Weekly
• publishing
• publishing house
• puff
• puff piece
• pulp
• PW
• rack-size
• reader
• recto
• redact
• reissue
• rejection slip
• release
• remainder
• replacement
• reprint
• reserves
• returns
• review
• review copy
• revision
• rights and permissions
• romance
• royalty
• running foot
• running head
• sales conference
• sales force
• scholarly publishing science fiction
• self-publishing
• serial rights
• shelf life
• short discount
• signature
• sinkage
• slush pile
• small press
• special sales
• spine
• spiral binding
• submission
• subsidiary rights
• synopsis
• technical publishing
• text
• textbook publishing
• translation
• trim size
• typescript
• unabridged
• uncut
• unedited
• university press
• unpaginated
• unsolicited manuscript
• vanity press
• verso
• vetting
• western
• young adult books