About Publishing
About Publishing - an easy peasy guide
Sniff and Wag are the Publishers (and General Dogsbodies) of Frog the Dog
Bimmy's easy peasy classroom guide to the key facts of what what publishing is...
Bimmy, what IS a publisher?
A publisher is the person (or company) who pays for the book to be made. There are lots of other jobs that need to be done to make a book, so the publisher has to organise all the other jobs too, but paying all the bills is the most important!
Bimmy, why do we need to know who publishes a book?
If you order a book from a bookshop or library, they will ask you who the publisher is because it helps them to find the right book. There are SO many books, sometimes with similar names, so it helps to make sure it is the one you want. It's a bit like being asked for your name and address and your birthday.Then we know it's YOU!
Bimmy, is publishing the same as printing?
NO, it isn't!
The printing company actually prints all the pages and puts the books together, and the publisher pays for it. The publisher has to decide which printing company to use, what the printer will print, and how it will look. The publisher makes sure that all the information the printer needs to print the book is given to the printer, and decides when it is needed by.
The printer will then print the books just the way the publisher wants them.
Bimmy, why are books published?
Books are published so that everyone can find them in a bookshop or library. To publish a book, the publisher has to get a special number, called an ISBN that goes on the back of every book. Each title has its own number.
Then a barcode is needed, so that the book can be scanned through a till, and that barcode is just for that title.
Inside the book, the publisher has to give all the info about the book, which helps libraries and bookshops to find it and order it. (it's that tiny boring looking old writing in the front of books - have a look! I think it's quite interesting!))
When the book is printed, the publisher has to send six copies to the National Libraries, where a copy of every single book ever published in the UK is kept as part of our national archive and heritage.
The ISBN and the barcode also help the shops to know how many books they have in stock, so they know when to order some more.
These are the key facts about publishing, but there is lots more to know. What else can you find out about it?
Sniff and Wag are the Publishers (and General Dogsbodies) of Frog the Dog
Bimmy's easy peasy classroom guide to the key facts of what what publishing is...Bimmy, what IS a publisher?
A publisher is the person (or company) who pays for the book to be made. There are lots of other jobs that need to be done to make a book, so the publisher has to organise all the other jobs too, but paying all the bills is the most important!
Bimmy, why do we need to know who publishes a book?
If you order a book from a bookshop or library, they will ask you who the publisher is because it helps them to find the right book. There are SO many books, sometimes with similar names, so it helps to make sure it is the one you want. It's a bit like being asked for your name and address and your birthday.Then we know it's YOU!
Bimmy, is publishing the same as printing?
NO, it isn't!
The printing company actually prints all the pages and puts the books together, and the publisher pays for it. The publisher has to decide which printing company to use, what the printer will print, and how it will look. The publisher makes sure that all the information the printer needs to print the book is given to the printer, and decides when it is needed by.
The printer will then print the books just the way the publisher wants them.
Bimmy, why are books published?
Books are published so that everyone can find them in a bookshop or library. To publish a book, the publisher has to get a special number, called an ISBN that goes on the back of every book. Each title has its own number.
Then a barcode is needed, so that the book can be scanned through a till, and that barcode is just for that title.
Inside the book, the publisher has to give all the info about the book, which helps libraries and bookshops to find it and order it. (it's that tiny boring looking old writing in the front of books - have a look! I think it's quite interesting!))
When the book is printed, the publisher has to send six copies to the National Libraries, where a copy of every single book ever published in the UK is kept as part of our national archive and heritage.
The ISBN and the barcode also help the shops to know how many books they have in stock, so they know when to order some more.
These are the key facts about publishing, but there is lots more to know. What else can you find out about it?