Book Production

2. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-56441-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 389 g

Now in its second edition, this book offers a comprehensive introduction to book project management and production, including the creation and development of digital products.

Book Production explains how books and digital products are planned for and managed, and why certain processes and raw materials are chosen. Addressing the growing demand for skills and knowledge with which to exploit digital and traditional technology, while ensuring ethical, environmentally and sustainably conscious decision-making across the publishing industry, this second edition pays special attention to green production practices and considers questions such as what makes a green supplier green; what impact different raw material choices have on the environment; and how to deal with waste management. Legal matters, including contracts and risk assessment and mitigation, are also discussed. Throughout the book, case studies are used to aid comprehension and engagement.

Ideally suited to advanced students of publishing and book studies, Book Production will be of value to anyone working or training to work in or in conjunction with the book industry

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bullock, Adrian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

Part I - Production and Project Management

Chapter 1 – Project Management

Chapter 2 - Production management and sustainability

Chapter 3 – Implementation

Chapter 4 – Prepress

Part II Raw Materials

Chapter 5 - Choosing sustainable raw materials

Chapter 6 – Printing

Chapter 7 – Binding and Finishing

Chapter 8 - Getting stock to its final destination; environmental regulation/legislation; and legal matters

Further reading

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Adrian Bullock teaches production and project management on the postgraduate publishing programme at Oxford Brookes University. He is also Director of the Oxford Publishing Consultancy, which specialises in publishing production and project management and gives him the opportunity to practise what he teaches.