Publishing isn’t well adapted to doing things together, or doing things fast. The traditional story of a book is a single author labouring to compile the content, perhaps to a deadline or perhaps in the hope of being published. It’s easy to manage because a single contract with the creator Read more…
A co-edition is an edition of a book that is sold by a partner to the original publisher, in a different market, most commonly another language too. When a publisher creates a book in its home market – let’s say English – it handles all the crucial aspects, from working Read more…
Otherwise known as “how do I get paid?” Some books are paid as a flat fee, which has the advantage of being fairly easy to understand. The other model you’ll encounter is an advance – an initial payment – and royalties. This approach is a way of covering your initial Read more…
A quick video explanation of a term that publishers use without a second thought: blad
Although the name differs from one publishing company to another, almost all major publishing firms have a process to review ideas before committing any money to either a blad (https://ajpc.co/what-is-a-blad/) or publishing the final book. When AJPC is acting in conjunction with a major publisher like ilex, this is the Read more…
Blad is a term you’ll hear a lot in illustrated publishing, but if just sounds like a made-up word, there’s a reason for that: it is. It’s a corruption of Book Layout And Design and it a means of presenting exactly that: the layout and design of a proposed book. Read more…