those things in the editorial department

"The last process of this internal exchange meeting is to train the newcomer Xiao Lu and the fake newcomer Chen Jiayao. I don't want to go into too much detail, just go through the process as a whole. The specific details can only be learned through practice at work." He said. After a pause, the two of them seem to be ready, "Let's start then. I've reached a certain point, and if you have anything to add, you can talk about it."

"The first is topic selection and planning. A good topic selection is the soul of the book. Proposing a topic is to explain 'what kind of book I want to make'. Before planning, you can do some market research, collect information, and carry out topic selection design. If it is time-sensitive, we need to judge what books the market needs, what are the hot spots, and how our books can adapt to the market. At this stage, we can also consider the means of post-release. After the topic selection argument is passed, we can start looking for authors. Collect manuscripts. Even if the author submits or recommends a manuscript, the editor must collect information for analysis before deciding whether to propose a topic. This is a book of this edition, and the cooperation partner is responsible for the topic selection planning and manuscript composition of the cooperative book, not under our control .

"The previous topic selection is only for our agency, and then we have to summarize the topic selection to the editor-in-chief's office, and the editor-in-chief's office will submit it to the General Administration of Publishing. Phase one."

Cheng Xifeng added: "This time is about 20 working days."

"Then there is the manuscript. The manuscript has to go through the third review and the third review. The first is the third review, that is, three people at different levels review the manuscript. The purpose is to judge whether the manuscript will be used or not. The results can be adopted, withdrawn, or rejected. After the third review, you need to write review comments, and after the decision is adopted, you can declare the book number and CIP. After the third review, the responsible editor will conduct preliminary editing and processing on the manuscript to ensure that the manuscript is neat, clear, and finalized, and then the manuscript can be published.”

Zheng Huamiao saw the needle: "You can sign a manuscript contract when drafting a manuscript, and sign a publishing contract when it is confirmed that it can be published after the third review. However, in operation, we often sign the contract before reviewing the manuscript, especially the cooperation book."

"After the manuscript is published, the US editor needs to design the layout, cover design, and typesetting according to the type of the manuscript. After the typesetting is completed, the responsible editor must first check it. In the era of handwritten manuscripts, it was necessary to fold and proofread, but now it is basically not done. Make sure that there are no major discrepancies before entering the third school. At this time, you must read line by line to eliminate all kinds of errors on the page, such as text errors and omissions, punctuation errors, format specifications, etc., and use proofreading symbols in a standardized manner. .”

Lu Lushen added: "The proofreading room will complete the three proofreadings, but the proofreading room may not be busy enough, and the editor in charge or other editors can also do the proofreading work."

"Proofread with a pencil and then return to the responsible editor. The changes approved by the responsible editor will be circled with a red pen, and the typesetting staff will only change the red ones. If the proofreader raises doubts, the responsible editor will deal with it."

Long Yaya thought of one thing: "Sometimes after typesetting, it will be sent to the author for re-proofing. After the manuscript is returned, the editor will integrate the author's opinions into the proofreading draft."

"Proofreading, changing the red, and checking the red, this is a proof. Three proofs are completed. After the CIP is also down, the printed sheets are calculated, the price is determined, the cover, title page, copyright page are made, and the spine is checked. After there is no problem, It can be signed and printed.

"The signed and printed documents are sent to the publishing department, and the publishing department will then contact the printing factory. The printing factory will make a blue sample for us to check. At this time, the main purpose is to check whether there is any missing, messy, or misplaced content due to printing. , especially charts and horizontal lines. This is the last chance to make revisions. If there are no problems, it will be printed. If there are minor changes, they will be corrected and printed. If there are major changes in the content, it means that the previous work was not done properly. It is very bad and should be avoided."

Liu Yangchun reminded: "Printing takes at least one week to half a month, and it will take longer if the printing volume is large. The printing time of Jiaofu is relatively concentrated, and there is often a queue."

Liu Chengying nodded, "So the publishing department needs to make an appointment with the printing factory. In an emergency, even if the editor works overtime until the early morning, he has to schedule a good time. But this rarely happens. Sometimes to save time, we will directly run Go to the printing factory to see the blue sample. After the printing and packaging are completed, the product will be pulled to our warehouse, registered in the warehouse, and waiting for sale. The next step is mainly the matter of the distribution department.”

"Domestic book distribution channels mainly include Xinhua Bookstore, the postal system, self-publishing by publishing houses, various private bookstores and online bookstores, etc. Our books are not only published in the agency, but also sold in Xinhua Bookstore, Dangdang, and Amazon. Some good cooperation books will also be bought and sold in two to three thousand copies."

Liu Chengying finally stopped to take a breath.Although he spoke slowly and took care of them taking notes, he always felt that the amount of information in this meeting was huge. Lu Minghong regretted not buying a recorder.Fortunately, the entire process is also explained in the previous materials, which is still understandable.

"The overall process is like this: topic selection - manuscript collection - manuscript review - contract signing - application number - editing and processing - publishing - proofreading - signing and printing - checking blueprints - printing - storage - release. This is the complete process, some of the cooperation documents The procedure is completed by the partner, and we are only responsible for part of it, but we will not deviate from this line. However, some private companies have not done so standardizedly, often omitting some links, or merging some links, regardless of the review and proofreading."

Because the actual operation of the supplementary books is different from that of ordinary books, the people in the room basically remained silent.After everything that could be said was published, the meeting finally came to an end.Finally, Wang Gan, the director of the department, gave some suggestions to the new editor: the cover, title page, and copyright page are the face of a book, and they are also the places where quality inspection points are deducted the most severely, even if you confirm it a hundred times; talk to customers or other departments For any major communication and confirmation, you must leave searchable records, such as QQ chat records, paper confirmation; go to the bookstore to look through books when you have time, and study the harmonious binding method and material matching; make four-color pictures and texts When printing a book, be sure to use printing paper for proofing. After leaving the factory, it must be color-colored and printed in the printing factory; each book has its unique marketing point; any introduction to the book sent to any marketing channel is a decision. At the moment of the fate of the book, we must be serious; each channel group has unique marketing needs, and we don’t want a marketing plan to go all over the place.

When the meeting finally ended, Wu Chunjun felt a little dizzy.

When he walked out of the meeting room, Lu Minghong followed him and asked, "Brother Liu, where did you get the news and the data on your PPT?"

Liu Chengying patted him on the shoulder, pretending to be mysterious: "Young people, the circle is very important, and connections are resources." After speaking, he winked at Wu Chunjun, and then walked away on his own.

Lu Minghong looked at him innocently.Wu Chunjun secretly sighed, Brother Liu who didn't attend the meeting was really boring.

"You can pay attention to some official accounts of editing and publishing, such as Publisher Magazine, Muduo Shusheng, editorial proofreading, book making, publishing business weekly, etc. There are also official accounts of some publishing houses, and our agency also has official accounts. What I mentioned just now is quite good, each with its own characteristics. In fact, you can pay attention to those in various fields. Editing is a miscellaneous subject. You must have knowledge in various aspects, and you must constantly absorb some new knowledge, otherwise you will meet you. You don’t know how to review, you don’t know where to change, and you may miss a very good topic.”

Wu Chunjun talked eloquently on the surface, but in reality he was a little guilty, and he didn't seem to do it himself, but the words of his predecessors still have to be passed down from generation to generation.

Ignoring his companion's lack of confidence, Lu Minghong showed a taught expression.

Everyone returned to their workstations to continue working, and Chen Jiayao took this opportunity to move to the vacant space in the third room where materials were piled up.

Lu Minghong was recalling and digesting the minutes of the meeting, and also checked professional books, and soon passed the time to get off work.

Brother Liu raised his arms and called out, "Let's have dinner together after get off work while we're not busy now, to celebrate Xiao Lu's becoming a full-time employee."

Everyone responded one after another, only Du Junshan said that he still had something to do and couldn't go.

A group of people moved to the buffet seafood restaurant.

There were too many people, so we sat at two tables, Meihua was looking at things, and the others were taking things, and putting sauces in sauces.Lobsters, tiger prawns, hairy crabs, sea cucumbers, conch, mussels, kebabs, squid rings, salmon, fat beef, capers, bacon, watermelon, cantaloupe, cherry tomatoes, and so on.

"I don't even have any vegetables, do you want to fight like this?" Cheng Xifeng glanced at him, then shook his head with a smile.

Chen Jiayao grinned, "This is called eating a catty."

"It's more than one catty, it has to be ten catties." Wu Chunjun actually came to disrupt the situation, and Chen Jiayao gave him a blank look.

Liu Chengying was at the other table, putting things on the stove while teasing her: "You have to be careful not to get fat, otherwise our third room will reject it."

"Brother Liu, you should pay attention to your beer belly."

"A man has a beer belly, that's sexy!" Liu Chengying paused between putting things on, and retorted seriously.

Cheng Xifeng sat across from him, and wiped goosebumps on his arms when he heard it, "Hey, do you want to disgust us so that we can eat more?"

"This is a buffet. Whether you eat it or not, I will eat it freely."

Lu Minghong also joined in the ridicule, "I'm afraid Brother Liu, once you let go of your belly, you won't be able to get it back."

Liu Chengying exclaimed: "Little Lu, why have you been led into ruin by them?" After speaking, she was indignant, "Hmph, don't be complacent, you young people, the post-90s are starting to lose their hair, bald and greasy now." Unanimously resisted.

"Brother Liu, you have such a sour taste in your mouth, you don't have to dip it in sauce later, it's so troublesome." Lin Linglong cast a sideways glance at him back.

After a while of slobbering, after the seafood under the oven started to cook, everyone was busy eating.

When a group of people were divided into two tables, they were divided according to age and position consciously or unconsciously. Liu Chengying, Cheng Xifeng, Liu Yangchun, Long Yaya, Zheng Huamiao sat at a table, Chen Jiayao, Lin Linglong, Meihua, Lu Luchen, Wu Chunjun and Lu Minghong sat at a table.

After eating the first batch of seafood, everyone in the second batch chooses what they want to eat and put it on the frying pan. While waiting, they chatted while eating fruits to relieve their boredom.

"Jia Yao, why did you suddenly decide to transfer?" Lu Luchen asked.They are roommates, and they usually have a good relationship. They would go shopping or do other things together in private, but they didn't hear any rumors.

I heard that other people were also looking at her.

Chen Jiayao shrugged, "It's not sudden, I've been thinking about it for several months, but I haven't made up my mind before going to Yunnan."

"Oh? Did something happen in Yunnan?" Wu Chunjun asked curiously.

Chen Jiayao blushed and hesitated, "It's nothing, it's just... I saw a book... in a bookstore..."

Everyone waited, but seeing that there was no more, they knew that they had to continue to extract confessions.

"Then what?" Mei Hua asked, Chen Jiayao's attitude successfully caught her attention.

Chen Jiayao suddenly had the feeling of being surrounded by curious college roommates and confessing to her new boyfriend.

"It's really nothing, just... I think the book is very well done... It feels very comfortable to the touch."

"..."

"..."

"You mean that the book's cover design and binding are very good?" Lu Minghong tried to help her guide out the details.

"...Well, yes." Chen Jiayao was a little annoyed that she couldn't describe it in a very "professional" and flamboyant way, and could only describe it intermittently in words that were almost laymen.

Meihua is quite experienced in this area, and based on her description, she can probably imagine what kind of printing process she used.

When it comes to the feelings at that time, the language seems very pale.However, everyone here is somewhat sensitive, and they are all in the industry. They are all young and similar in age, so they can understand why she was moved.

"It's also fate. What's the name of that book? Have you bought it? I'll borrow it to watch it tomorrow." Lu Minghong asked her with a smile, ready for her to nod.

In the end, Chen Jiayao shook her head, "I didn't buy it."

"Didn't buy it?" Didn't buy it after laying the groundwork for a long period of emotion?Wu Chunjun's eyes widened in disbelief.

Although Wu Chunjun's reaction is representative of everyone, Lu Minghong thinks this expression is really cute.

Chen Jiayao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It's a foreign language book, I can't understand a single word, why should I buy it?"

Lin Linglong said with emotion: "You are a typical example of Hongguoguo's refusal."

Others agreed.

On the weekend after eating the seafood buffet, Lu Mingyan came to visit his brother's kennel.

Hearing that there were five men living there, Lu Mingyan was mentally prepared to see the mess, but it turned out to be neat and orderly, which almost overturned her impression of men.Let's compare it to my own dormitory... Well... If there is no comparison, there will be no harm. Lu Mingyan received a critical blow of [-] points in his heart.

The truth is, the four big men heard that a girl was coming to the door, and then looked at the house that hadn't been cleaned for more than two months. They felt that they would be embarrassed if they were seen by the girl, so they took the opportunity to do a big cleaning.

No matter what, Lu Mingyan expressed his approval of his brother's new living environment.Then when he saw the entire wall of books in Lu Wu's room, he was first shot by an arrow in the knee, and then another arrow in the heart.

"This is..." Lu Mingyan's eyes lingered on a certain part of the book wall, and he couldn't finish his sentence.

Seeing her like this, Lu Minghong probably guessed what was going on. "So excited? Are you a rotten girl?"

Lu Mingyan turned her head and looked at her brother in shock, "After three months in the publishing house, you even know about rotten girls? Then you all published these?"

"Well, it's Chunjun's client." Lu Minghong tilted his head in Wu Chunjun's direction.

Lu Mingyan grabbed his arm, but looked at Wu Chunjun with sparkling eyes.

Wu Chunjun nodded with a smile, "These are sample booklets given by customers, you can take any you like."

At this moment, Wu Chunjun in Lu Mingyan's eyes is simply a halo of god.

Lu Minghong just smiled and didn't speak.

A long time later, Lu Lushen commented on this incident as "taking my sister-in-law down easily", but Wu Chunjun at that time was unconscious.

The author has something to say:

The water in every industry is not shallow, and editing and publishing is a business with a long history.