publishing house
Manuscript-accepting business
A publishing house is a company that produces and distributes books, magazines, or other printed materials.
The term emphasizes the institutional nature of the enterprise: She submitted her manuscript to several publishing houses.
Major publishing houses handle acquisition, editing, design, printing, and marketing.
Often shortened to simply "house" in industry contexts: Which house published your novel?
Of lesser importance
- divisionSplitting into parts
- labelIdentifying attachment or marker
- brandCompany's product line name
- logoCompany identifying symbol
trademark · colophon · hallmark · catalog · backlist · frontlist · specialization · niche
Original text before publication
- novelNew and unusual
- fictionImagined narrative work
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- biographyWritten life account
anthology · memoir · textbook · poetry · collection · hardcover · paperback · edition
Arranging text for print
- paginationSequential numbering of sheets
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
- bindingLegally or morally required
- dust jacketRemovable paper book cover
spine · folio · quarto · octavo · recto · verso · signature · endpaper
Enforceable written agreement
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- advanceMove or progress forward
- agentOne who acts independently
- submissionYielding to another's will
acquisition · rights · distribution · sales · marketing · publicity · catalog · bookstore
Correcting written material
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- revisionsAlterations to improve
- fact-checkingConfirming accuracy of claims
style guide · corrections · grammar · syntax · punctuation · consistency · clarification · redlining
subsidiary
Of lesser importance
logo · trademark · colophon · hallmark · catalog · backlist · frontlist · specialization · niche · prestige
manuscript
Original text before publication
- novelNew and unusual
- fictionImagined narrative work
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
biography · anthology · memoir · textbook · poetry · collection · hardcover · paperback · edition · volume
typesetting
Arranging text for print
- paginationSequential numbering of sheets
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
- bindingLegally or morally required
dust jacket · spine · folio · quarto · octavo · recto · verso · signature · endpaper · frontispiece
contract
Enforceable written agreement
submission · acquisition · rights · distribution · sales · marketing · publicity · catalog · bookstore · library
copyediting
Correcting written material
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- revisionsAlterations to improve
fact-checking · style guide · corrections · grammar · syntax · punctuation · consistency · clarification · redlining · markup
- publishingeditors, editor, books, publications, booksellers
- businessesbusiness, company, bank, bakery, enterprise
- Arts Industrygallery, art dealer, museum, theater, studio
- book tradebook dealers, bookselling, bookseller, bookshops, booksellers
- language resourcesdictionary, thesaurus, lexicon, bilingual dictionary, electronic dictionary
- cultural institutionsart museum, national library, museum, history museum, public library
publishing housebookstore
Shop selling printed works
bookseller · library · reader · newsstand · Amazon
publishing houseself-publishing
Releasing work without publishers
house, housing, houses, publishing, published, publisher, housed, publishes, unpublished