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* History of books can be traced back only about


500 years, the idea of book is much older.
* Scholars considered the Papyrus roll in Egypt
around 3,000 BC to be an early ancestor of the
modern book
* Scribes laid out sheets of Papyrus, copied a
text on the side on one side of the sheets, and
then rolled up the finished manuscript.
* Greeks adopted Ppayrus roll and stored in
great libraries.

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* Greeks considered the book so important that
they began to use it as the main way to make
ideas public.
* Greek writers of the era refer to a market in
book and to prices paid for them .
* Large libraries maintained scriptoria where
many books were copied by hand

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* The first manuscripts that began to take on the
look of a book: Papyrus leaves faced one
another and were bounded together instead of
rolled up: this form made it easier to find a
particular passage quickly

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* Individual letters of the alphabet made out of
wood or metal that can be re arranged in any
number of combinations to make different
words: invented by Johann Gutenberg.

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* 1400- early 1500, most books were print version of
what monks had previously made by hand: work such
as Bible, Prayer books and religious calendars.
* Beginning in the 1500s, book printers began to
produce books that challenged the dominant catholic
church and circulated non religious (secular )ideas.
* This reflected and influenced the rise of new ideas
about the world.
* As more and more people learned to read, books
helped foster important changes in European society,
these changes helped encourage Protestant
Reformation, Renaissance, the growth of science and
idea about democracy.

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* A system put in place by King Henry VIII in 1509
under which only people with written authority
from crown could use printing press

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* Audio books: A recording in which someone reads a printed book or a
version of it.

* Standardized test books.

* El – Hi books and materials: created for students in kindergarten through


the 12th grade.
* Higher education books and material: focus on teaching students in
college and post college learning.
* Professional Books: titles that help to keep people who are working up to
date in their areas as well as bring them to next level of knowledge
* Consumer Books: books that aimed at the general public.
Trade books: general interest titles, including both fiction
and nonfiction books which are typically sold
to consumers through retail book stores and to libraries.
* Mass Market paper backs: standard size books
that have flexible covers, small pocket- size
paperback books are called mass market
paperbacks.
* Designed to be sold primarily in so- called mass
market outlets– newsstands, drugstores,
discount stores, and supermarket.
* Romantic novels, science fiction tales.

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* Religious books: trade books that contain
specifically religious content
* Book Clubs and Mail Order: organizations
through which individuals who have joined can
select books from the club’s catalog and
purchase them through the mail or via the
club’s website often at discounted price.
* Scholarly titles published by not-for-profit
divisions of universities, colleges, museums, or
research institutions

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* Acquisition Editor: recruits and signs new authors
and titles for the company’s list of books.
* Royalties: Shares of a book’s sale income which
were paid to an author, usually based upon the
number of copies sold.
* Literary agent: A person who on behalf of a client,
markets the clients manuscripts to editors,
publishers and other buyers, based upon knowledge
of the target market and the specific content of the
manuscript.

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* A title that has sold more than 75,000 hard
cover copies or more than 100,000 paperback
copies

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* A title that has sold well over 100,000
hardcover copies.

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* The number of copies that are printed

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* A series of appearances that an author makes
in various cities in order to promote a title and
stimulate sales.

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POS
* Book Stores
* Supermarkets
* Book Stalls

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Editorial director

Editor in Chief

Acquisition editor Managing editor

Development editor

Editorial Assistant

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* Managing Production Editor

Production Editor Permission Editor

Production Assistant Art Editor


Photo Editor
Book Designer

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Marketing
Director Marketing
Communications
Marketing Manager
Specialist

Marketing
Event Planners
Assistant

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* Director sales
* Sales Representatives

* BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION


* Business Manger
* Accounts
* Human Resources

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