What is meant by ‘acquisition’ and ‘commissioning’ of manuscripts? Discuss the various means by which a publishing house acquires manuscripts.

Acquiring manuscripts

Flow of manuscripts into a publishing house is the lifeblood, which is very vital for the growth and development of the company. Search of manuscripts and initiating projects that will result into books and meet the needs of the publishing house, is the responsibility for the editorial department. In the words of Datus C. Smith “The publisher who sits waiting for authors and translators to bring in manuscripts is going to publish an undistinguished list of books and have small profit. On the other hand, the publisher who wants to give good service both to the public interest and to its firm’s profit goes out and gets manuscripts.”

There are many ways by which a book project can be developed into a book. The idea can come to the editor from within the publishing house or outside it. Book ideas may also come from many places: directly from the author, his agent, a professional contact, through a friend or any other means.

Ideas from within the publishing house: People working in production and sales department are also fully conversant with the publishing programme of the company. They are aware of the area of experimentation and field of activity of the publishing house. These men come in contact with professors, librarians, book reviewers and authors in the process of their work of producing and promoting the books. In the process they may come to know of a prospective writer who has either written or can write the kind of books needed by the publishing house or the type of ideas the editors are on the lookout. These prospective authors are introduced to the editors of the publishing house who welcome such suggestions and sometime may ____ ________ _________ ___ _______ _________ ________ _____.
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