Planning of computer books
-- Sparks in Communication
Yuan Yang
When talking about the planning method of computer books, every employee will have their own experiences. Planning and editing should belong to a new job in China. There are also some publishers who can conduct targeted job training for planning and editing of new posts. Here, I only know that from the perspective of a planner, I want to talk about the planning method of computer books. If this is not possible, please correct me.
At present, the common selection planning process of the publishing house is "selecting a question -- finding an author -- creating a directory -- writing a sample chapter -- filling in a menu -- manuscript tracking ". The most critical one should be the first option-selection. So how can I find the answer? Generally, we can start from the following aspects.
1. Go to the bookstore to understand the situation. The bookstore is the last part of the Book Circulation and the collection place of books. The books of various publishers will flow here before they are sold. Usually sitting in the office, you can only know the status of your organization, and the bookstore is the best place to know the publishing status of other societies. More observation of others' books, on the one hand, broaden your horizons and expand your thinking, on the other hand, you also have an understanding of the overall publishing situation. So it can be said that the bookstore is the vane of publishing.
2. Communicate with professionals. After all, planning and editing personnel are not in the computer industry. Therefore, to accurately grasp the development and needs of technology, they must communicate with professionals. A little bit of information exposed by professionals may trigger the spark of your inspiration and discover a topic with Deep Potential in the market.
3. Communicate with the issuer. The market is the source of planning. The most closely related to planning is the market. The most direct manifestation of a plan's success is its market response. Therefore, the planners may wish to have a lot of exchanges with the release staff, organize and plan the information they feedback, and discuss the planned solution with them. The professionalism of the planners, coupled with the sensitivity of the publishers, may be difficult to achieve the best selling of books.
4. investigation reports from professional market research institutions. We should admit that although we often do market research on our own, the research done by some professional institutions should be more in-depth, detailed, and scientific. Planners should refer to their survey reports. As a publisher, you may feel that you are more accurate in certain situations, but their unique classification methods and the resulting results will surely make you feel a lot of GAINS.
5. Communication between planning and editing. In this case, the so-called "two heads are better than one" means mutual learning will inevitably improve.
From the above aspects, we can see that in terms of planning, I personally advocate "communication ". Communication with different objects has different gains. these gains are valuable materials for planning and are the source of inspiration for planning. You can filter and integrate all the information you have captured to organize excellent answers.
However, selection planning is only part of book planning, and our work has not ended yet. Next, we also need to determine the form of books and compile the planning report. The form of books is also very important. Only a good form of books can properly reflect the planning ideas of the selection, highlight the characteristics of the books, and then impress readers. The forms of books can be described as varied and varied. The design methods of books form a comprehensive set of topics, such as ideas, content, layout, and appearance. This is beyond the scope of this article. The instructions for planners should be taken seriously and will not be detailed here.