W4: (Extra credits) See how easy it is to publish a book?

 1）Summary

Now, the birth of a book should look like this: 1. Editing planning (forecasting the market) and manuscripts (but the market may become less important, why? Because digital printing technology has developed so that it does not need to print 3000 copies at a time! Book publishing will become more accessible to the people in the era of digital printing). 2. Author submission and editing process. 3. The issuance department (marketing center) conducts pre-sales. 4. The publisher performs digital printing according to the number of reservations. So it is very easy to publish a book now. Of course, the cost of each published book will vary according to different publishers.


2）New knowledge learned

With the advent of web.2.0, the original traditional published books are different from the current published books. Now the publishing of books is rapidly developed under the impetus of modern digital printing technology. Due to the reduced cost and improved quality of small-batch printing, printing on demand (especially small-batch demand) becomes possible and easier. However, in traditional book publishing, due to the limitations of printing technology, publishers generally only publish those books that are expected to be in high demand in the market. Therefore, when planning and editing topics, the first thing they must consider is what the market for this book is. If it is expected that a market-oriented book will not sell 3,000 copies, this topic will usually be rejected.


3）Discussion angle

So is the content of the current book related to the speed of review?


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