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Inthis arrangement, the book-packaging company acts as a liaison between a publishing company and the writers, researchers, editors, and printers that design and produce the book. Book packagers thus blend the roles of agent, editor, and publisher.[1] Book-packaging is common in the genre fiction market, particularly for books aimed at preteens and teenagers, and in the illustrated non-fiction co-edition market.

Publishing companies use the services of book-packaging companies in cases where the publishing company does not have the in-house resources to handle a project.[1] There are two main reasons that publishing houses hire a book-packaging company: labor-intensive books (books with many illustrations or photographs, books which require coordinating the input of several authors, or 'novelty' books, such as gardening books that contain seed packages) and series books (e.g., Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley High, Goosebumps, and the For Dummies series).[1]

In many cases, the book is first conceived as a marketing concept, and a writer is then hired to write the book on a work for hire basis. In some cases, book packaging companies use a celebrity with a very marketable name as the credited author, while using a professional ghostwriter to do most of the writing, researching, and editing.

Book-packaging is a common strategy between smaller publishers in different territorial markets where the company that first buys the intellectual property rights, sells a package to other publishers and gains an immediate return on capital invested. The first publisher will often print sufficient copies for all territories and thereby obtain the maximum quantity discounts on the print run for all.

While the book-packaging sector is little-known outside the publishing world, it provides employment to many freelance authors and illustrators, particularly for those willing to work as ghostwriters, without credit in the book. Most book packaging companies pay a flat rate for manuscripts ranging from several thousand dollars to $1 per word. However, most book packaging companies do not pay royalties, which means that even if a ghostwriter's novel becomes a bestseller, the writer will not receive additional payment.[1]

Often, writers or creators working for book-packagers work anonymously as ghostwriters, under the book-packaging company name ("by our staff writers"), or under a pen name. In some cases, a writer's work will be credited to someone else's name, such as a celebrity, who is paid to be listed as the credited author as a way of increasing sales.

Hello everyone, I hope you are safe and well.

Can I have some advice. I want to sell some books and want to use the best packaging, at the most reasonable cost. I see that jiffy bags are quite expensive. What do you use for posting books?

Many thanks.

I sell books, and I rarely use jiffy bags - I do not buy them and only use recycled ones that I have received stuff in - and if I do I usually put in a piece of cardboard cut to the size of the book - they do not protect enough to stop bumps and dings to edges and corners.

Like retro I recycle and use free packaging available from supermarkets. Bubble wrap and the cardboard trays that tins of food come on are usually ideal sizes for most books, or I cut up cardboard boxes.

The only packaging materials I buy are brown paper and parcel tape !

OK, call me a cheapskate !

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Packaging seems to be a simpler technology from outside, but we can say that Grass is always greener on the other side and the one who is actually connected to this technology can only tell you the complexity associated. If I try to explain packaging knowledge in one line, then the famous quote serves the purpose:

When we talk about Packaging books, it is difficult to name just five of them, because it is very rare to find books which encompass all the knowledge to make you master in this field. Here I am trying to list few books which are capturing ample knowledge in them and are must for your packaging library. Some of the books which you will find below may be specialized in one particular packaging topic but for understanding technical details, you will find these really effective.

This book is a comprehensive reference guide for understanding Packaging Technology. This book features topics like Plastics, Metal, Glass, Printing, Pulp and paper technology etc. All these packaging material along with their properties, manufacturing processes, test procedures are covered of packaging. The same is solely based on study and research done by the research team of PackagingConnections.com. This book features combined data on each topic which is not readily available and can help packaging student, packaging professional, packaging enthusiast, packaging company (end user or a supplier) to have complete understanding of the concepts. Graphical representations (tables, charts) are given to make concept easily understandable. Trouble-shooting of each process giving details on probable problem, its reason and the possible solution. This book address the subject from practical point of view so that its Simple, Usable and Systematic.

Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology provides useful and comprehensive information in packaging. This encyclopedia covers relevant and contemporary aspects of packaging. This book has A to Z format like dictionaries and has the cross-index for reader to find everything in an easier manner. This book is made by contributions of the different authors, the editorial advisory board, and the experts from the packaging industry. The book doesnt have chapters for packaging on basis of materials, applications or end uses but it is more like a packaging dictionary.

This plastics packaging book provides a basic understanding of plastic packaging materials. It covers the properties of common packaging plastics and relates these properties to the chemical structure of the polymers which is in turn related to the applications in packaging industry. Common processing methods are covered in this book. This book is intended to explain the uses of plastic in packaging. The book is popular by the name of Hanser (publisher) and is written by Ruben J. Hernandez, Susan E.M. Selke/ John D. Culter.

Packaging innovations are like fuel in the field of packaging. The pace of the technological change in Packaging field is bringing new innovative packaging ideas. To keep pace with these latest industrial trends, it is essential requirement that packaging professionals and technocrats keeps an eye on that. Many professionals either do not have the access or time to go through so many innovations together. To fulfil this requirement & to bring the innovations to wider group of professionals in easier accessible way some publications by Mr. Sandeep Kumar Goyal are launched in market.

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