1) Prepare a complete publishable manuscript.
Please note that manuscripts must comply with publication regulations, and please be cautious about books involving sensitive political figures, religions, ethnicities, and undefined history.
2) Contact the publishing house or agency;
You can directly contact the editor of the publishing house and personally participate in the planning and publication of the book; you can also contact the agency company, and the publishing company has full authority to act as an agent, which has the advantage of saving worry and trouble.
3) The author submits a sample draft and the editor declares the topic.
The author provides a manuscript of the work "Qi, Qing, and Ding", as well as a brief introduction to the manuscript and an introduction to the author. Judge the manuscript on a topic.
4) Approve and sign the publication contract.
The contract stipulates the publishing house, the delivery date, the publication time, the paper selection, the binding method and the time of completion of the book;
5) Third instance.
The third review is a key part of determining whether a book manuscript can be finally published. The third review committee will review the overall quality, social benefits, language style, overall structure, literature data, whether infringement and other aspects of the manuscript, and once there is a problem, it may return to the author for revision, or even be killed, losing the qualification for publication. Therefore, your own manuscript must be strictly checked and strive to pass the third examination.
6) Typesetting, design.
Typesetting is mainly to make the author's manuscript into a document that meets the publishing specifications and printing standards. Design mainly refers to cover design, which is to make a beautiful coat for the heart of the book. The form of the book varies widely, as far as the folio is concerned, there are 16 open, 32 open, 8 open, etc.; in terms of color, there are black, two-color, four-color, spot color and other colors; on the paper, there are offset paper, light paper, pure paper, coated paper, special paper, etc.; on the layout, there are through columns, columns, hurdles, horizontal plates, vertical plates, etc. Therefore, the layout design of the book is an important part of determining the appearance of a book.
7) Three schools and one reading.
Proofreading and reading through are important links to ensure that the error rate of books is qualified. The cycle of the three schools is long, and each school must be proofread + nuclear red + correction + nuclear reform, which requires the cooperation of many people to complete. After the book is proofread, it should also be read through to ensure that the modifications in the proofreading process are not omitted, no error shifts, and no serials.
8) Application ist number.
After the third review of the manuscript is completed, the proofreading is completed, the cover page is basically finalized, and the folio, printing sheet, and pricing are determined, you can submit a book number application to the editor-in-chief's office (the title and pricing of the book must be determined to apply, and these two items cannot be modified after the application). The book number is the identity card of a book, only books with book numbers can enter the market circulation, books without book numbers are irregular publications, and circulation is prohibited.
9) Printing under the factory.
The cover and inner text are finalized, and after the publication procedures are completed, they are handed over to the printing plant and printed books.
The above is the detailed process of personal self-funded books, everyone reads it clearly, the process is a lot, the whole process is also a lot of attention, you can find a professional and reliable publishing agency, which can help you save time and effort, faster completion of publication.
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