Exam Details
| Subject | Introduction to Publishing and its legal aspects | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Post Graduate Diploma in Book Publishing | |
| Department | School of Humanities (SOH) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
Discuss the role played by the editorial department in a publishing house.
Discuss the factors taken into account while designing a book.
Define a book and discuss its functions.
Who is a literary agent What role does a literary agent play in the process of selection of manuscript in a publishing house?
Discuss briefly the various methods of book promotion.
What role does the production department play in a publishing house?
"Most publishing failures are due to wrong editorial decisions." In the light of this statement explain briefly the criteria for evaluation of a manuscript.
Discuss briefly the clauses of an author -publisher contract.
5. Write brief notes on any two of the following in about 150 -200 words each:
Indian Standard Book Number (ISBN)
Kinds of Publishing
Advantages of English Language Publishing
Openings in Book Publishing
Digital Heritage
Discuss the factors taken into account while designing a book.
Define a book and discuss its functions.
Who is a literary agent What role does a literary agent play in the process of selection of manuscript in a publishing house?
Discuss briefly the various methods of book promotion.
What role does the production department play in a publishing house?
"Most publishing failures are due to wrong editorial decisions." In the light of this statement explain briefly the criteria for evaluation of a manuscript.
Discuss briefly the clauses of an author -publisher contract.
5. Write brief notes on any two of the following in about 150 -200 words each:
Indian Standard Book Number (ISBN)
Kinds of Publishing
Advantages of English Language Publishing
Openings in Book Publishing
Digital Heritage
Other Question Papers
Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Editing and pre-press
- Editing Books for Children
- Editing Scientific, Technical and Medical Books
- Editing Text Books
- Introduction to Publishing and its legal aspects
- Marketing , Promotion and Distribution of Books
- Production and Emerging Technologies