Publishing Wonk

Music Publishing

2010-03-18T21:00:00Z

Music publishing is significantly different from the publishing of written creative expression. There are a great many more elements involved in music publishing, and many more channels of publication. Generally speaking, a musician cannot self-publish effectively -- at least, not for a living wage.

Children's Publishers

2010-03-20T21:00:00Z

While adults find themselves with less money and time for reading books, they still spend enormous sums on books for their children. Children's publishers are one of the few segments of the publishing industry that is still going strong in tough economic times. Children's publishing a sure-fire way to make money with books.

Self Publish

2010-03-22T21:00:00Z

To self-publish a book is the ultimate do-it-yourself project. You not only write the book, you also lay out its pages, illustrate it, select paper and binding, print and bind the book (or find a book manufacturer to contract out the printing), and then comes the joy of selling your book. That's how book publishing was done in times long past. Self-publishing is enjoying a renaissance today, thanks to the Internet and software which makes this herculean task much easier. Also, self-publishing is more profitable compared to the alternative -- when it is done correctly.

Content Publishing

2010-03-24T23:21:58Z

"Content" publishing is perhaps the broadest term for the publishing of anything at all. The "content" of a publication can be words, video, audio, still images, -- theoretically, anything that the five human senses can detect. "Content" is a generic term used to indicate anything which fills the emptiness in between advertisements in magazines, news broadcasts, and other mass media. "Content" is a Web designer's term for "things I don't really pay any attention to but which I'm told to insert here." So much for the creative beauty of writing and art.

Educational Publishing

2010-03-26T23:23:30Z

Publishing for the educational market is a widespread business. People buy many books to learn new things. Educational publishing breaks out into two broad categories.

Art Publishing

2010-03-26T23:28:43Z

Art publishing is distinct from the publishing of words in many ways. Although well-crafted prose is definitely "art," most people thing of non-verbal visual media when they think of "art." We're talking about paintings, sculpture, "mixed media" or things you found in a thrift store glued together in interesting ways, "performance art" such as standing on a busy subway platform playing music, and all the many daffy ways in which artists try to "make a statement." And publishing such art -- that is, getting it noticed by lots of people -- is an art in itself.

Publishing Services

2010-03-26T23:37:02Z

Publishing services take much of the grunt work out of publishing, leaving the author free to concentrate on the creation of content. There are many kinds of publishing services for paper, tangible multimedia, and online/digital publishing. Within each medium, there are publishing services that do different parts of the publishing job.

Poetry Publishing

2010-03-26T23:38:42Z

"Not everyone who drinks is a poet. Some of us drink because we're not poets," lamented Dudley Moore in the classic comedy movie, Arthur. Many people feel a deep, compelling urge to write poetry. A fair percentage of them try to get it published, and soon find that their poetry is in competition with that of many others -- and there are few buyers. Poetry publishing can be very difficult if you go about it in the traditional manner.

Online Publishing

2010-03-26T23:52:40Z

Online publishing is the fastest growing sector of the publishing business. The reason is simple: it's virtually free to publish online. Unfortunately, it's virtually free to read online, too, so it can be difficult to make a profit by publishing online. But there are several ways to do it.

Magazine Printing

2010-03-26T23:55:42Z

Magazine printing services are job shops. They have many clients, most of them small and a few larger, which need anywhere from a few thousand to several million copies of a magazine printed at one time. Magazine printing is fast-paced and must be done precisely to avoid costly mistakes. Therefore, printing magazines is a highly regimented affair.

Game Publishers

2010-03-26T23:59:39Z

The computer and online game industry is a big one. Game publishers are in a fast-paced, ever-escalating war to bring bigger, faster, more exciting and realistic games to market. If you can stand the pace and love programming, there could be a career in game publishing for you.

Website Publishing

2010-03-27T00:06:34Z

Publishing a website is simple, in theory. In practice, it takes a fair amount of detail-orientation and dedication. Here are the basics of how to be a website publisher.

Publishing Software

2010-03-27T00:10:50Z

Whatever you wish to publish, there is probably a publishing software package available that can help you do it faster and more easily. The more specialized the software publishing program, the more features it will have that can make publishing more profitable.

Blog Publishing

2010-03-27T00:15:06Z

Blogging may be the most popular online activity ever to hit the Internet (after porn, of course). Millions people have posted their thoughts online in the form of blogs. It's easy to get starting in blog publishing, but it can be difficult to keep going.

Textbook Publishing

2010-03-27T00:22:00Z

The publishing of textbooks used in public and private schools is a multi-billion-dollar industry in the United States alone. Textbook publishing's importance is far greater than its economic value, for the textbooks that schoolchildren and adult learners read shape their minds and thereby shape society. If you want to be a truly influential author, publishing textbooks is the way to go.