Week

Topics and Readings

1.

What is publishing?

2.

Process of publishing

3.

A brief history of publishing

4.

Types of book publishing

5.

Job of publishers with top departments of publishing house

6.

 Types of publishers—commercial, non-commercial

7.

Scholarly publishing/communication

8.

Journal publishing/ publishing in conferences

9.

Electronic publishing/publishing through Amazon

10.

Dynamics of the foreign and local book trade in Pakistan;

11.

Dynamics of the foreign and local book trade in Pakistan;

12.

Acquisition of foreign books, journals, and databases in libraries of Pakistan: Procedure and problems

13.

Acquisition of foreign books, journals, and databases in libraries of Pakistan: Procedure and problems

14.

Vendors, book-sellers and distributors

15.

New Trends in Publishing in the digital era

16.

New Trends in Publishing in the digital era