Friday, January 2, 2009
Categories of Books
• Book club editions are sold and distributed by books clubs.
• El-hi are textbook produced for elementary and high schools.
• Higher education are textbooks produced colleges and universities.
• Mail order books , such as those advertised on television by Time-life Books, are delivered by mail and usually are specialized series or elaborately bound special editions of classic novels.
• Mass market paperbacks are typically published only as paperbacks and are designed to appeal to a broad readership; many romance novels, diet books, and self-help books are in this category.
• Professional books are reference and educational volumes designed specifically for professional such as doctors, engineers, lawyers, scientist, and managers.
• Religious books are volumes such as Bibles, catechisms, and hymnals.
• Standardized tests are guide and practice books designed to prepare readers for various examination such a s the SAT or the Bar exam.
• Subscription reference books are publications such as the Encyclopaedia Britannica, atlases, and dictionaries bought directly from the publishers rather than purchased in a retail setting.
• Trade books can be hard – or soft cover and include not only fiction and most non fiction but also cook books, biographies, art books, coffee-table book, and how-to books.
• University press books come from publishing houses associated with and often underwritten by universities. They typically publish serious non-fiction and scholarly books.
• Book club editions are sold and distributed by books clubs.
• El-hi are textbook produced for elementary and high schools.
• Higher education are textbooks produced colleges and universities.
• Mail order books , such as those advertised on television by Time-life Books, are delivered by mail and usually are specialized series or elaborately bound special editions of classic novels.
• Mass market paperbacks are typically published only as paperbacks and are designed to appeal to a broad readership; many romance novels, diet books, and self-help books are in this category.
• Professional books are reference and educational volumes designed specifically for professional such as doctors, engineers, lawyers, scientist, and managers.
• Religious books are volumes such as Bibles, catechisms, and hymnals.
• Standardized tests are guide and practice books designed to prepare readers for various examination such a s the SAT or the Bar exam.
• Subscription reference books are publications such as the Encyclopaedia Britannica, atlases, and dictionaries bought directly from the publishers rather than purchased in a retail setting.
• Trade books can be hard – or soft cover and include not only fiction and most non fiction but also cook books, biographies, art books, coffee-table book, and how-to books.
• University press books come from publishing houses associated with and often underwritten by universities. They typically publish serious non-fiction and scholarly books.
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