Acquisitions Board- A group of editors who are in charge in reviewing manuscripts submitted by agents or authors, before accepting or rejecting it.

Advance- A certain amount of money paid to the author for the expected royalty for the first print run.

Advance Print Run- Printing of a number of copies of a book that is completed before its official date of release.

Appendix- Part of book found at the end of a chapter or after all of the chapters that contains additional information about the chapter.

Back Matter- Parts of a book that can be found after the main chapters or text. Examples are appendixes, glossary or bibliography.

Barcode- Lines of different widths printed and found on the back cover of the book for identification and inventory purposes.

Brick-and-Mortar Retailers- Refers to the physical retail store.

Binding- The process of fastening or sewing together along the edge of the book.

Blurb- a short promotional statement or review about of a book or the author for recommendation purposes.

Camera- Ready- Means that a document is ready to be printed.

CMYK- Refers to the four basic colors used in printing. C stands for cyan, M for magenta, Y for yellow and K for black.

Content Editor- A person who edits the book not just for any technical errors such as typos, sentence construction, etc. but also providing feedback to further improve the content of the book.

Copyeditor- A person who edits the manuscript without affecting the content’s entire substance.

Copyright- Legal registration, protection and ownership of intellectual rights like any written and published literatures.

Cover Art- The design of the cover of the book.

Developmental Editor- An editor who improves on the overall organization of the manuscript.

Discount- Reduced selling price of a book price.

Distributor- Company or individual who buys books from publishers and resell these products to retailers.

Download- Transfer of file from a computer to a smaller to a smaller device.

EBook (Electronic Book)- Books that are published in an electronic format that can be downloaded to an eBook reader, handhelds or computer.

Economy of Scale- Advantages, cost- wise, to mass produce a product.

Editing- Preparing the manuscript by revising or correcting the content for improvement before finalizing it.

Endnote- Annotation found at the end of the document

Final Draft- The finalized proof

Footnote- A reference note and supplementary information found at the bottom of a book page.

Foreign Rights- Rights acquired to be able to distribute and sell the book in other countries.

Front Matter- Extra written material found at the beginning of a book.

Galley- Proof of the book that is sent to the author for review before approval.

Genre- Category or style of book. Genres include comedy, tragedy, romance, memoir, etc.

Ghostwriter- A professional writer who gets paid to write and gives the credit to someone else.

Graphics- Refers to the artwork, illustrations, photographs, tables, etc.