1. Publishing houses generally propose topics according to the long-term and short-term topic selection planning and the current and potential market demand, find suitable authors, and sign book publishing contracts with the authors. The author writes or translates according to the content agreed with the publishing house and the agreement in the book publishing contract.
2, the author can also take the initiative to contact the publishing house, self-recommendation or self-submission. We hope that the author will contact the publishing house and make a choice before writing. In the contact letter, the author should explain the value and significance of writing or translating the work, the main contents and characteristics of the work, and put forward a brief outline for the publishing house to study whether to include it.
The word publication in English comes from the old Latin public-icattus. According to textual research, the word publication appeared in modern China. Publishing is closely related to the invention of printing. Generally speaking, printing precedes publication. The so-called version, in ancient China, refers to the title of wood chips engraved with words or graphics for printing. A book printed by block printing is called a block printing book.
As early as the Five Dynasties, China had woodcut and woodcut, and in the Song Dynasty, there were words such as open edition, rigid edition and woodcut (the ancient edition was connected with the edition), but the printed words never appeared. Some scholars believe that the word "publication" was introduced from Japan at the end of 19 and the beginning of the 20th century. The word publication appeared in Japan in the 1950s of 18. Nowadays, the word publication usually refers to the collective name of editing (production), printing (reproduction) and dissemination of books, newspapers, periodicals, audio-visual and software.