ALBERT HENDERSON
2006-09-19 15:59:14 UTC
Can anyone point me to a simple chart or flowchart showing the
progress of a manuscript from the author's hands through the
publishing industry, to bound book? It can be contemporary, or 20th
century. I recall seeing a nice poster on the subject, but don't
recall who made it.
The Italian Physical Society put out a posterprogress of a manuscript from the author's hands through the
publishing industry, to bound book? It can be contemporary, or 20th
century. I recall seeing a nice poster on the subject, but don't
recall who made it.
titled "Completely Computerized Editorial
Office" many years ago. Based on Composition in
diamond form (1919) by Piet Mondrian, it cleverly
follows a journal manuscript from submission through
acceptance, typesetting, printing, and mailing.
PUBLISHING FOR PROFIT by Thomas Wolfe, rev. ed.
Chicago Review Press, 2001, has a "Time Line"
on pages 14-15 covering 36 months from proposal
to post-production marketing.
THE PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL by Gary Michael Smith
2nd ed. Chatgris Press, 1998, offers an organizational
flowchart for a journal editorial office in the
unpaged appendix. It also provides many sample
editorial forms.
I think I recall a tipped-in flow chart in BOOK
PUBLISHING PRACTICE by Clive Bingley published in
London by Lockwood, 1966. I probably discarded it
because many parts were too English in terms of
bookseller discounts and all the calculations
that are affected.
Best wishes,
Albert Henderson