A-words
AAR
What is the Association of Authors' Representatives?
BEA
What is BookExpo America?
Refers to art that is completely prepared for copy camera platemaking.
What is camera-ready?
ABA
What is the American Booksellers Association?
Occuring once every two years.
What is biennial?
A manuscript free of errors that needs no editing; it is ready for typesetting.
What is a clean-copy?
When a publisher pays a writer or illustrator a sum of money prior to the publication of a book, usually in installments and paid against the royalty money that will be earned by the book.
What is an advance?
A publisher's list of books not published during the current season but still in print.
What is a backlist?
Samples, usually from newspapers or magazines, of a writer's published work.
What are clips?
The act of attributing human form and personality to things not human.
What is "anthropomorphization"?
A company that draws all elements of a book together, from the initial concept to writing and marketing strategies,then sells the book package to a book publisher and/or movie producer.
What is book packager? (Also: book producer or book developer)
Books that deal with ideas, concepts and large-scale problems, promoting an understanding of what's happening in a child's world.
What are concept books?
The rights contracted to a publisher permitting the use of material anywhere in any form, including movie and book club sales, without additional payment to the creator.
What is all rights?
Package submitted to a publisher for consideration, usually consisting of a synopsis and outline as well as sample chapters.
What is a book proposal?
The magazine issues sent to an author, illustrator, or photographer in which her work appears.
What are contributor's copies?