Behind the Scenes: The Book Publishing Industry

byLakshmi Mitter

Large publishing houses such as Pratham, Amar Chitra Katha, Puffin and Scholastic are known for publishing children’s books. A lot of people work behind the scenes to make it possible for marvellous ideas to materialise and become books that can be read by us. Let’s take a look at jobs people do in the book publishing industry.

Behind the Scenes: The Book Publishing Industry

PUBLISHERThe publisher is the strategic leader of a publishing house. This person sets the vision for the company and oversees all the operations. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT This department is responsible for acquiring, editing and proofreading manuscripts. Within this department, there are several edito