Just wonderful - Tom's Glossary of Book Publishing Terms
My Dad co-authored a long-selling College-level Physics textbook (Halliday and Resnick) so I have had a ground level introduction into the world of publication and printing (my Mom's family owned a large Paper Warehouse and I would visit a lot of printers as a kid).
If you want a very accurate cinematic portrayal of the Publishing business, check out the 1994 movie
Wolf with Jack Nicholson.
Anyway, check out
Tom's Glossary of Book Publishing Terms
A few examples:
ADVANCE COPY: A bound book that when opened by an editor will instantly expose an embarrassing mistake.
AUTHOR TOUR: A hazing ritual intended to make authors compliant to their publishers.
COPYRIGHT: A concept invented by lawyers as a hedge against unemployment.
EDITOR: A writer with a day job.
LETTERHEAD: Colloquialism for a typographer.
Lots more at the site. Fun stuff!
Posted by DaveH at December 29, 2009 8:46 PM