AAP: abbreviation for Association of American Publishers, the trade association
for US publishers.

ABA: abbreviation for American Booksellers Association, but also the description
usually applied to their convention and trade exhibit held in June each year in
Chicago, now administered by Reed Exhibitions and renamed Book Expo America.

acquiring editor: a person within a publishing house whose primary function is
to identify and negotiate to acquire new titles for publication.

advance: the non-returnable payment to authors by publishers against which the royalty
earnings are offset.

A format: format of mass market paperbacks, most commonly with a trimmed page size of
178 x 111 mm (unsewn).

agent: see literary agent

AI: (sometimes AIS) abbreviation for Advance Information (Sheet), a document produced
by publishers for new titles to provide information for the purpose of subscription
to book buyers and initiating promotional opportunities. Typical contents would
include a blurb, author biography, review of the author’s previous works, provisional
specification, publication date and price.

ALA: abbreviation for American Library Association, but also the description usually
given to their convention and trade exhibit held annually in July.

ALCS: abbreviation for Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, the agency for
negotiating and redistributing dues payable from licensed photocopying etc to
authors.

answer codes: the replies given by publishers’ distribution centers on invoices to orders
for books. These might include: out of print; not yet published; temporarily unavailable;
and so on.

appendix: material which is not part of the main text appearing at the end of the book.

Apple Mac: the common name for the Apple Mackinthos personal computer, much favoured by
publishers’ art and design departments for its flexibility and suitability for
graphics programs.

archival: papers specifically made for an extended lifespan which do not discolour or
otherwise deteriorate; used in academic texts and other works of permanent value,
and particularly favoured by library conservationists and US libraries, which
often require their use.

auction: a process whereby a title is submitted, particularly by a literary agent, to
a number of selected publishers in order to secure the best offer or highest price.
Auctions sometimes run to several ‘rounds’ and may end with the exercise of topping
rights.

bar codes: the machine readable image of lines of varying thicknesses which encodes a
book’s ISBN and which is printed on the back cover. When ‘read’ by electronic
till equipment it plays a vital part in booksellers’ EPOS systems for sales monitoring
and stock control. Also used in distribution centres for various functions such
as processing returns.

Berne Conventions: an international agreement made in 1886 for the respect of copyright between
participating nations.

B format: a format for paperbacks particularly favoured for non-fiction and literary
fiction, normally of a trimmed size 198 x 126 mm (unsewn).

BHTC: see Book House Training Centre.

BIC: see Book Industry Communication.

binders pack: the packing unit, either of kraft paper or increasingly shrinkwrap, used by
binders when delivering books. Contains a variable number of copies depending
on their size.

BL: see British Library.

blad: a term used to describe various forms of advance sales material, most commonly
consisting of a selection of pages of text and illustration wrapped inside a proof
of the bookjacket.

bleed: term used for an illustration or image which extends beyond the trimmed page.

blocking: the use of metallic foils, much used on covers and jackets for visual impact
or as a routine operation on the spine of a hardback book.

blurb: the brief description of a book which appears on the back of a paperback or
on the inside front flap of a hardback.

Bologna Book Fair: the pre-eminent book fair for children’s publishers, particularly those buying
and selling rights, held in Bologna in Italy each spring.

Bookbank: a bibliographic product on CD-ROM from Whitaker listing titles currently in
print in the UK.

book block: the sewn or perfect bound pages of a hardback book before they are cased in.

book club: a mail order operation through which selected books are sold direct to the
public at a price significantly below the recommended retail price in return for
a commitment to buy a particular (more…)

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