Book publisher
Also searched as: Editor jefe
Code 1349.6
What does a Book publisher do?
Book publishers are responsible for the selection of new materials. They decide which manuscripts, that the book editor has provided, are being published. Book publishers oversee the production, marketing and distribution of these texts.
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Essential skills
Knowledge
- copyright legislation
- publishing market
- project management principles
Skills and competences
- consult with editor
- consult information sources
- develop professional network
- assess financial viability
- read manuscripts
- execute marketing plan
- select manuscripts
Transversal competences
- manage budgets
- perform project management
- manage staff
- present publishing plan
- perform market research
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences