Book proposal:
A package of materials providing details about your book, your background, and some information about the marketability of your work. A typical book proposal submission will include sample chapters or a completed manuscript.
Consumer magazine:
A periodical directed toward the average reader or layman, (eg., Woman's Day, or, People)
Trade magazine:
Also called a trade journal, this is a periodical that provides business and technical information to members of a particular industry. Such as a periodical is sometimes called a technical journal when directed toward readers in technology-oriented or scientific industries. It's called a professional journal when directed toward doctors, lawyers, and others in the professions.
Cover letter:
A brief letter written to an editor accompany a completed manuscript or book proposal.
Agreement:
A contract, either written or oral, between a writer and a publisher stating the rights and responsibilities of both parties.
Contract:
A formal written agreement between a writer and a publisher stating the rights and responsibilities of both parties.
Circulation:
The number of people who regularly read a particular magazine.
Copyright law:
A body of laws governing the rights of writers and publishers.
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