Communication of Publishing Companies and the Process

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Introduction
There are many forms of writing and writing styles. Some examples of the types of writing include creative writing, technical writing, academic writing, and journalism. With each type of writing, there are specific styles that are used frequently within each discipline. In academic writing, the styles that are used are MLA, Chicago, Turabian, and APA. With each type of writing and its correlating style, there are several areas of publishing. There are book publishing, journal publishing, and newspaper publishing. Many of the different styles of writing can be published in a variety of places and formats. There are academic journals, creative books and technical stylebooks. The process of being published varies slightly from the different forms of publishing but there are more similarities than differences. This is illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 below. Figure 1 shows the process of the Traditional publishing company. The first major difference between these two paths of publishing is the time difference between editing and then making it available for purchase. As Dr. Claxton put it, “it is an extremely long process”. First, the writer must submit their work to an agent who will represent the author’s interests when dealing with the Publishing Company’s representatives. The agent and the representatives will work out the details of the author’s royalty and other such details. When this has been settled, the manuscript is sent to the editor, edited and resent back to the author for revisions or approval of the revisions made by the editor or ghostwriter.

Figure 1 Example of Publishing Process Traditional Publishing

Figure 2 Image of Non Traditional Publishing Company (aka Self-Publishing) Process
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...ead of going through the essay and revising it to the company’s standards but they usually have some sort of help through colleagues.

Figure 3 Acceptance but needed revision
Contact between Colleagues and Editors
The contact between Colleagues and Editors can be formal and friendly at the same time as pictured below in Figures 4 and 5. Between Colleagues, communications there are mentions of holiday greetings or family wellness interests. While from the professionals at non self-publishing companies, there is no mention of holiday greetings or interests in the family wellness.

Figure 4 Editor Image

Figure 5 Colleague Communication

Contact from Self-Publishing Companies
There are two main paths of going through the Publishing process. Unlike the communication and style of Figure 6 the style changes when it comes to self- publishing companies.

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