those things in the editorial department

After the autumn museum distribution meeting, it will soon be the Mid-Autumn Festival. After returning to work for a few days, the National Day holiday will start again.

Because soon after the National Day, the Publishing Professional Qualification Examination would be held, and there were huge crowds of people during the Golden Week, so Lu Minghong decided not to join in the fun, and stayed in the dormitory to prepare for the exam.

Wu Chunjun is also an otaku. After playing games in the dormitory for two days, he was dragged to the bookstore by Lu Minghong, who couldn't see him.

I don't have any books to buy, just to see what new books are out, see the more harmonious covers and bindings, and take them out to study the design.

"I plan to reward myself with a trip if I pass the exam. Do you want to go with me?" Lu Minghong asked him suddenly.

"Huh?" Wu Chunjun didn't react for a while.

"I said, do you want to travel with me?" Lu Minghong looked at him and repeated.

Wu Chunjun sighed, "No time, no money."

Lu Minghong hesitated for a moment, but said nothing more.

But Wu Chunjun suddenly teased him: "Besides, the elementary level is very simple. Have you not dealt with exams in your current life? It's too normal for you to pass the exam. What reward do you need? It's clearly an excuse."

Lu Minghong put his arm on his shoulder, "It's very simple? Do you have any advice, senior?" He laughed so wickedly.

Wu Chunjun also went back with a sly smile, "Okay, you invite me to drink Hey Tea, and I will teach you."

Sure enough, the book shopping center during the holidays was too crowded.The two moved positions.

For multiple-choice questions, you should choose the ones that you think are correct at first glance; if you look unfamiliar and uncertain, it is best not to choose them, because the similarity of the interference options is very high.For multiple-choice questions, of course, it is better to have less than more. If there is less, you will get a little point, but if you have too many, you will get no half point; choosing two is the most frequent occurrence.There are only errors in the content of the review questions, and there are no errors in language, structure, and format.Editing and processing questions have errors in content, logic, and non-standard language, but there are no typographic problems. The principle of editing and processing is "respect for the author", and the original text should not be rewritten in large quantities, but "hard flaws" must be corrected.For the primary level of proofreading questions, you need to compare the similarities and differences, just be careful, and check that the fonts and symbols of the same type are consistent.Short answer questions, as the name suggests, answer questions succinctly, with key points highlighted.Calculation questions, in fact, the theme of each year is selected from those few, involving remuneration, royalties or printed sheets, paper, etc., just memorize and understand the relevant formulas.Writing questions, in fact, do not require writing a flower, the key is specification, in line with the requirements of various practical essays, be careful not to write real identity information in it.

In fact, it has been a long time since Wu Chunjun's primary exam, and I don't remember many strategies, but I read an article before, and now I am learning and selling it.The two walked back to the dormitory while chatting.After returning, Wu Chunjun immediately dug out his set of test equipment, and handed it to Lu Minghong like a family heirloom, "Here, this is passed down to me by a senior in the same industry. You must make good use of the blessings of ‘must pass’.”

Lu Minghong was amused by him, and promised that he would live up to his mission and pass on this set of examination artifacts.

The test site was at a vocational school in Tianhe District. As a local dog in Guangzhou, Lu Minghong skipped the step of stepping on the test site. He took the test admission ticket and the set of test artifacts to the test room on the same day.Go in with confidence and come out with confidence.

Several colleagues who were taking the intermediate exam together, although they were also very relaxed, were not as confident as him.After all, many old editors also failed to pass the exam many times.This is a question of whether there are test skills.

When Lu Minghong returned the set of examination artifacts to Wu Chunjun's collection, he exaggeratedly thanked him a thousand times, saying that he would pass the exam "if he writes well".

Wu Chunjun was not worried when he saw that he was sure of everything, but just asked casually, "What are the calculation questions for this year?"

"The topics are similar to those in the question bank, that is, pricing, yardage, volume, printed sheets, spine thickness, and paper costs."

Wu Chunjun thought for a while, and suddenly felt terrified of thinking carefully. If he had to take the test immediately without reading the book, he would probably fail, because he did so few steps and almost forgot all of them.

Wu Chunjun hastily coughed twice, and tactfully changed the subject.

After the editorial exam, I entered the regular work again.

Lu Minghong began to touch workflows other than proofreading, such as posting accounts.

"What is billing?" Lu Minghong, a good student, asked.

Posting, the explanation on Baidu is the process of registering the amount of the debit account and credit account involved in each economic business into the corresponding accounts opened in the ledger according to the prepared accounting vouchers.

This is a financial term. What the editor has to do is to coordinate some documents with the client and then submit them to the financial department.

Many publishing houses do not have their own printing houses. After all, there is a threshold, so most of them have to be entrusted to outside printing houses.Each society has several long-term cooperative printing factories.

Article No. 14 of the Regulations on the Administration of Publication Printing: when a publishing unit entrusts a national-level designated enterprise for book printing and a provincial-level designated enterprise for book printing to print books and periodicals, it must issue a "Books, Periodicals, Periodical Printing Power of Attorney.

That is to say, the publishing unit must issue a printing power of attorney to the printing house, referred to as the printing order, and then the publication can be printed.

Lu Minghong has already issued several commissioning orders, after the manuscript was finalized and before it was officially printed.There are book title, book number, publisher, printing unit, printing method, binding method, contact person and other information on it.

Although it is said that the printing order is issued by the publishing house, in fact, the printing house of the cooperative book is not designated by the publishing house, but is found by the cooperative customer. Therefore, in many cases, the printing factory is close to the partner's location rather than the publishing house.For example, there is a client in Hunan, and the printing order issued by the agency is a printing factory in Hunan. Article No. 14 of the Regulations on the Administration of Printing of Publications also stipulates that "if a publishing unit entrusts printing publications across provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, it must also be approved by the Press and Publication Bureau of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government where the publishing unit is located and where the printing enterprise is located."It is also troublesome to go to the publishing bureau to stamp this commissioned form.

However, since book printing requires the publishing house to issue a printing order, it means that the publishing house entrusts the printing house to print, and of course the printing house needs to be paid by the publishing house, which leads to the account transaction "publishing unit→printing house".The printing fee and paper fee are the production costs of the book. The book of this edition is naturally borne by the publisher, and the cooperative book is borne by the cooperative client. This creates another account transaction "cooperative client→publishing house".Therefore, the direction of capital flow is like this: the customer makes payment to the publishing house, the publishing house makes payment to the printing house, the printing house bills the publishing house, and the publishing house bills the customer.In the process of posting, the editor, on the one hand, determines the amount of posting, on the other hand, communicates with the customer and the financial department, and collects and sends relevant bills.

Wu Chunjun explained a lot, and Lu Minghong finally understood.

"Some customers will post all the expenses to the account, and some will pay a part of it symbolically, as long as the finance can handle the account." Wu Chunjun said.

The money is sent in and then sent out. Does too much or too little matter?Thinking of this, Lu Minghong asked directly.

"The money received by customers is considered revenue, and the more postings, the more revenue will be generated."

"But didn't the money go out again? In this way, we have no profit." Some manpower and material resources will be wasted.

"I'm not sure about this. There seems to be some kind of tax rebate policy? In short, it's better to post more than less. At least the revenue is good. Now most of the publishing houses have turned into enterprises, and the pressure on revenue is quite big." Wu Chunjun slightly Sighing, "The production cycle of this version of the book is long, and the income is naturally slow, but the production cycle of the cooperative book has been greatly shortened after entering the publishing house. After all, many work partners have already completed, so the income is relatively fast."

Publishing is also a business. Even if many co-authored books are not pleasing, especially those that evaluate titles, they do contribute in terms of income.For many publishing houses, it is still a large proportion of income.

Lu Minghong was silent.

The process of publishing a book is actually very long, because for the publishing house, the production of cooperative books is "not troublesome", the income is fast and there is no pressure to publish, so each agency has a large number of cooperative topics.It’s okay for a newcomer to do a collaborative book, and he can learn something, but he can’t develop the core competencies of editing—topic planning and drafting—by doing collaborative writing all the time.Even if he can spend extra time to improve himself, a large number of collaborative topics will still occupy a lot of effort and energy of the editor.

From this point of view, their fourth room is actually a bit "dedicated" in nature.Wu Chunjun thought of a TV series based on publishing-related comics in Japan, "Reprinted". In it, an editor ensured profits by producing a large number of best-selling products, but damaged his relationship with the author. A cruel way helped other editors, and his "guaranteed profit" gave the publishing house the confidence to cultivate authors and try adventurous works.The ending of that episode was really a black and white twist.

Of course, it is not objective to be so bluntly seated. Whether the publication will develop or not move forward depends on whether the editors themselves are not working hard enough.This society will still reward hard work.

Wu Chunjun looked at the serious expression on the other side, and slightly raised the corners of his mouth, there was someone working hard here.

People who work hard are always easy to be liked.

After Lu Minghong went through the account transfer process once, he started talking to other books.

This is a series of twelve books, which were actually published by other publishing houses. The client bought the copyright from that publishing house, and planned to slightly adapt it for secondary publication.

This is a very common practice, which can save a lot of previous effort, and it is also a way for new editors to try to plan.For the same content, changes in layout design, cover design, binding, and even the format of the book will give readers a different feeling, so some people pay more attention to the version when choosing a book.

Generally, books that are re-published do not sell badly. After the revision and then cooperate with their own marketing, the sales may not be worse than the original publishing unit.

[Yuedu-Book Company: This set of books has already been published, there are no mistakes, can it be published directly? ]

[Suicheng Society-Editor Lu: Even if it has been published, the second publication must follow the process of a new book. ]

[Yuedu-Book Company: But our boss plans to publish a book next month. ]

[Suicheng Society-Editor Lu: Twelve copies, too late next month. ]

[Yuedu-Book Company: So you don’t need to read too carefully, the most important thing is to be fast. ]

[Suicheng Society-Editor Lu: The responsible editor is responsible for the manuscript. ]

[Yuedu-Book Company: We have also found someone to proofread the content, no problem. ]

[Suicheng Society-Editor Lu: I will judge if there are any problems after reading it. ]

Lu Minghong became angry a little bit, and the two sides were silent for a while.

[Suicheng Society-Editor Lu: This year's CIP download is relatively slow, and it may not necessarily be able to download next month. ]

[Yuedu-Book Company: Then let me tell the boss, please remind me more. ]

[Suicheng News Agency-Editor Lu: If the manuscript is almost done and the CIP has not yet been issued, I will apply for an expedited application. ]

[Yuedu-Book Company: Can't you apply for an urgent request now? ]

[Suicheng Society-Editor Lu: Not yet. ]

[Yuedu-Book Company: Alright, please trouble Mr. Lu to read the manuscript as soon as possible, thank you for your hard work. ]

Since then, Yuedu's editorial staff came to urge the CIP every now and then, and Lu Minghong was a little too lazy to deal with it.

Finally, after another round of offense and defense, I couldn't help complaining to Chun Jun, "What's the matter with this guy, he doesn't point fingers at other people's work, but I told him that there will be news from CIP next month, and I still keep coming Harassment."

Someone shared a "Fraud Editing Series Dialogue" in the group before, and I didn't expect to meet one so soon.

Wu Chunjun was stunned for a moment when he heard his complaint, and then suddenly burst out laughing.

"Chun Jun, what are you laughing at?" Isn't it time to persuade each other with kind words or to fight against each other?

Wu Chunjun still smiled and said: "It's the first time I heard you say this, and I suddenly feel that you are really an editor."

Lu Minghong looked at him and smiled, but his anger gradually subsided.

Wu Chunjun went on to say: "Before I also met a client who urged me to CIP every day, saying that he was in a hurry to print, but after the CIP came down, his manuscript had not been finished, and it was delayed for half a month. I really wanted to send it. Go over and laugh with a sneer."

Lu Minghong imagined the look of Wu Chunjun sneering, and suddenly felt a sense of humor, and couldn't help laughing too.

Everyone else is still working hard, only a rotten girl in the front left has her ears raised...

The author has something to say:

This year's editorial qualification exam is coming again, God bless you, you must pass every exam~