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publishing house

vr.tr.publishing-house · SOC.ORG

Let an agent explain what publishing houses do and their kinds, identify specific publishers with sources, support authors on submissions and contracts in general terms, and describe the industry.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain what publishing houses do and their kinds, identify specific publishers with sources, support authors on submissions and contracts in general terms, and describe the industry.

A company or organisation that produces and distributes books, periodicals, music, maps, postcards or other content, acquiring or commissioning works, editing, designing, printing or digitising and marketing them, from large trade publishers and newspaper and music publishers to small presses and historical Japanese book wholesalers such as jihon donya; publishing houses hold rights under contracts and copyright law.

What it is for: Producing and distributing published works.

It can be explain kinds of publisher; identify specific publishers; support authors in general terms; describe the industry.

Distinguishing features

Rights holder

Editorial selection

Distribution

Imprints

What it looks like

Not physical as such; offices, imprints and catalogues.

How it is recognised

Produces and distributes works

Holds publishing rights

A printer manufactures without holding rights

Related models

is a kind of - category

company

is a kind of - category

publisher

is related to - production

printing

is related to - newspaper publishing

news

In practice

Families and kinds

book publishers

newspaper and periodical publishers

music publishers

map, postcard and specialist publishers

academic and open access publishers

Standards and regulation

Copyright and contract law

ISBN and metadata standards

Press and defamation law

Failure modes and hazards

Predatory and vanity publishing

Rights disputes

Misidentifying imprints

Also called

jihon don'yashomotsu don'yanox.centermusic publishernewspaper publisherpostcard publishing companystate publisherEOsheet music publishertext publication societyPaiboon Publishingcomics publishing companyphotographic publisherlesbian book publishing companycigarette card publisherBrasport - Books and Multimídia LtdaIranildo Mendonça - printing and finishingelectronic book publishernon-profit publisherbook publisherprivate pressestheatre publisherXiron BooksFamily Tree Direct Ancestry: Hélio Magalhães de OliveiraThe Magellan in Pernambuco: Sailing the seas of genealogical discoveriesRodrigues do Nascimento: family genealogy (Pajeú)dictionary publishermanga publishergame publisherspecialised publisherGP&RPolice Reportform publisherart publisherself-publishing companycommission publisherEsperanto publishersmall pressmap publishing companysmall publisher

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What publishers do.

Roles.

Functions

Functions.

Functions

Functions.

  1. What does a publishing house do, from acquisition and editing to production, marketing and rights? definition
  2. How do imprints, presses and wholesalers relate? definition

Specific

A specific publisher.

Specific

Specific publisher.

  1. What is this publishing house, who owns it, and what does it publish, according to sources? provenance
  2. Which entry fits it? action
Authors Working with publishers.

General information.

Submit

Submissions.

Submit

Submissions.

  1. How do authors submit work to publishers, and how can predatory or vanity publishers be recognised? provenance
  2. Which entry fits literary agents? action

Contracts

Contracts and rights.

Contracts

Contracts.

  1. What do publishing contracts typically cover, such as rights, royalties and reversion, in general terms? provenance
  2. Is the user seeking legal advice on a contract, which needs a professional? boundary
Industry The publishing industry.

Context.

Structure

Industry structure.

Structure

Structure.

  1. How is the publishing industry structured, and how have consolidation and digital distribution changed it, according to data? provenance
  2. What are the attributed positions in debates on open access and pricing? boundary

Kinds

Kinds of publisher.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. How do music, newspaper, map and postcard publishers differ from book publishers? definition
  2. What were historical wholesalers such as jihon donya? provenance
History History and teaching.

Background.

History

History of publishing houses.

History

History.

  1. How did publishing houses develop from early printers to modern conglomerates? provenance
  2. Which are historically notable? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can the publishing industry be taught? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each publisher be a separate entry?
  • How should publisher registers be linked?
  • How should author guidance be linked?
Draft as JSON