If you are in the field of academic publishing, you should be familiar with the term “et al.” But if you are new, you would wonder: I first discovered the term et al. more than ten years ago, soon after landing a job with a scholarly publisher (and remain until today). As an academic publisher … Read more
This article discusses six main differences between copyediting and copywriting. Copyediting and copywriting are two crucial components of the publishing process. The two may have a slight similarity in their sound, but they have vast differences. While people in publishing mostly know how the two are distinguished, many beginners are still unclear about how copyediting … Read more
This article looks at several fascinating facts about Johannes Gutenberg and the printing press history. As you have probably known, Johannes Gutenberg is the German inventor credited with introducing the printing press in Europe. The literature also refers to him as the “Renaissance Man,” a philosophical notion used to describe someone with many distinguished talents … Read more
I attended a job interview as a research officer for a scholarly publisher more than ten years ago. During the interview, the interviewer asked me the following question: what is copyediting? Being an outsider in the industry, I didn’t have a clue what copyediting was. I had no idea what the job was or how … Read more
[Note: This post reviews and extracts schedules from the official Frankfurt Book Fair 2021 website. Click here to visit the official website for the most accurate details]. So, the Frankfurt Book Fair is here. It’s about time. Frankfurt Book Fair is one of the most important publishing events attended by the largest publishers in the world … Read more