KR20020039211A - A method of publishing e-books on the network - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An electronic book publishing method is provided to enable an author to directly write about a subject or to draw a diagram or a table by using an editor of an electronic book publishing solution and to transmit the edited script to a publishing company over a network, and enable the company to check the script and make a contract with the author so that it can enhance an efficiency of publishing an electronic book. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises steps of an author accessing a server, and inputting an ID, a password and a publishing career(S10), the author transmitting a publishing purpose and a summary to the server(S11), the server storing the transmitted data at a database(S12), a publishing company checking the career, the publishing purpose and the summary stored at the database(S13), the publishing company making a contract with the author by making an electronic signature over a network(S14), the author accessing an editor offered in the server(S15), the author filling contents to be published over the editor(S16), the publishing company designing the contents or adding necessary items to the contents(S17), the publishing company requesting a final correction to the author(S18), the author correcting the correction version and transmitting the corrected contents to the publishing company(S19), the company publishing the electronic book and registering the published electronic book at a shopping mall(S20, S21).

Description

A method of publishing e-books on the network

The present invention relates to a method of publishing an e-book on a network. More specifically, the author and a publisher connect to a server through a network to perform a publishing contract process on a network, and in the manuscript writing, the author uses an e-book editor. Is directly connected to the server, and the inputted manuscript is stored in a database, the publisher relates to a method for publishing an e-book on a network so that it can be published as an e-book without a separate conversion process.

Until now, publishing has been to distribute the author's manuscripts on paper and in book form. With the advent of computers, the publishing process of typesetting and printing was greatly simplified. Because of electronic publishing, manpower and time have been shortened in computer typesetting and editing, and the proofreading process has been simplified, making the book making process much easier. Nevertheless, electronic publishing is an improvement of the production process of books printed on paper, and the form, distribution, and usage of the result of the book were the same.

However, as the Internet became more commonplace, new changes appeared in the publishing world. An electronic book (e-book) was born that was completely different from the type of paper book ever published. An e-book that does not print on paper and does not use a single sheet of paper while publishing a book is a new publishing style that is completely different from the conventional publishing style. An e-book is not a method of printing the contents of a work on paper, but a digital file itself. It is produced to be viewed online or offline on a mobile device such as a PC, a PDA, and the like. In other words, an electronic book that means 'book without paper' may be referred to as an electronic book (e-book), digital book, or online book.

Leading foreign companies have already produced e-books and built and sold e-book shopping malls. Some of them have as many copies as the bestsellers of paper books. In Korea, e-book shopping malls have recently opened and are trying to sell. Domestic and foreign selection companies have developed e-book production solutions for each characteristic, and they also have a dedicated viewer for viewing e-books, and readers can access the Internet and download e-books immediately to read them. Experienced that it can be purchased and used.

The e-books, which have revolutionized the conventional publishing culture, still need to be improved and supplemented with research. Among them, the present invention aims to improve the e-book publishing method to shorten the production process and to improve the speed and convenience in the publishing process by realizing the entire process of the production process on the network as well as in the distribution and use of the e-book.

In the conventional e-book publishing method, the original word processor manuscripts are converted one by one according to the production solution possessed by the publisher. In this conversion process, the charts and pictures are often damaged, and the publishing company has a lot of trouble to rewrite.

Further, even when the final proofreading of the final e-book is conventionally performed, the author visits the publisher directly or the finalist of the e-book is sent to the author and the final proofreading is made. In fact, the e-book is a new information transmission medium that conveniently improves the publication and distribution of the online inconvenience of publishing and distributing paper books. I was following the way. This was a problem of reducing the effectiveness of e-book publishing that adopted the advantages of the network.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, the publishing process by the author skips the process of converting the manuscript written in a conventional general word processor by inputting the manuscript directly by using an editor of the e-book solution on the network The aim is to simplify the steps.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to carry out a publishing process more conveniently and quickly by performing a publishing contract process between the publisher and the author or all procedures of publishing and shopping mall registration on a network.

Another object of the present invention is that the author checks the completed version online even when the author revises the completed e-book firstly completed as an e-book by the editorial staff of the publisher. Is to make corrections.

In this way, the purpose of the present invention is to increase the efficiency of e-book publishing by enabling all of the offline publishing processes, such as paper book publishing, to be produced online.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a system configuration for the practice of the present invention

2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an e-book publishing process according to the present invention.

In order to achieve the above object, the method for publishing an e-book on a network according to the present invention includes an author and a publisher connected to a server through a wired / wireless network, the server having an author database in which the author history, ID and password are stored, and the author's writing In a method of publishing an e-book on a network using a system including a subscription database storing intent and summary of a manuscript, a manuscript database storing manuscript contents, a publishing contract form / contract database, and an e-book editor,

After the author accesses the server through a wired / wireless network, inputs an ID and password into the author database, authenticates the author, and inputs a writing intention and a summary of the manuscript, the server stores the information in the subscription database. ;

A second step in which the publisher connects to the server through a wired or wireless network, receives the writing intention and the manuscript content summary stored in the subscription database, and the author history stored in the author database;

A third step of, if the publisher wants to close the contract, prepare and enter a publication contract form, and the server closes the contract by notifying the author;

After the author concludes a publishing contract, accessing the server through a wired or wireless network, and if the manuscript is written, modified or corrected using the e-book editor, the server stores the manuscript in the manuscript database. :

The publisher has a fifth step of accessing the server through a wired / wireless network, receiving a manuscript stored in the manuscript database, editing it as a final completed copy and registering it in a shopping mall.

Here, in the third step, when the publisher wants to close the contract, the server sends out and outputs a publication contract form, and when the publisher inputs corresponding items in each item of the publication contract form, the server sends the The publication contract form is sent to the author via e-mail, and the author can modify or e-sign the matter desired in the publication contract form, and the server transmits it to the publisher again, and the publisher corrects it again. Or by electronically signing, when both the publisher and the author are electronically signed for the publishing contract form, the server determines that the contract has been concluded, and stores it in the publishing contract form / contract database. Proceeding is another feature of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in more detail.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a network system for the practice of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the network system for implementing the present invention, the author is connected to the server 30 through a network using a computer or a dedicated terminal such as 10, 20, and the server 30 is the author. The database 40, the subscription database 50, the manuscript database 60, the publishing contract form / contract database 70, the e-book editor 80 is provided.

The server 30 is connected to the terminal of the author via a network, and has a network connection device and a communication program capable of communicating with the terminal, the control device and program that the author can use the editor directly by the present invention This is done including the stored ROM.

The author database 40 is connected to the server 30, and stores the author resume, ID and password input by the author through a network.

The subscription database 50 is connected to the server 30, and stores data related to publication deliberation, such as an article intent and a summary of a manuscript.

The publication contract form / contract database 60 is connected to the server 30, and stores a basic contract form and a special form for the author and publisher to negotiate and contract publishing conditions through a network. On the basis of this, the author and the publisher prepare a publishing contract and store it electronically.

The e-book editor 70 is connected to the server 30, and connects the editor of the e-book production solution on the network so that the author can directly input the manuscript contents.

The manuscript database 80 is connected to the server 30, and stores a manuscript input by the author and a correction of the primary completed text edited by the publisher.

2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an e-book publishing process according to the present invention.

As shown in Figure 2, the e-book publishing method according to the present invention largely stores the author history, ID and password in the author database for authoring, and the writing intention and the summary of the manuscript content in the subscription database After the deliberation of the publisher, the conclusion of the publishing contract using the publishing contract data from the publishing contract form / contract database, the manuscript input stage of the author, the e-book production process, the proofing stage, the final completed production and the shopping mall It can be divided into registration stages.

In the storing of the author database and the subscription database, the author connects to the server, inputs an ID and password, a predetermined history and a publishing history (S10), and writes the intention and content of the manuscript of the e-book to be published by the author. In summary (S11), the server receives the transmission and stores it in the subscription database (S12).

In the publishing contract stage, the publisher reviews the contents stored in the author database and the subscription database, that is, the author's career, writing intention, and summary of the manuscript contents (S13). By completing the contract by combining the contents of the basic contract form and the special contract form so that the contents of the contract can be written, the publisher and the author electronically sign (S14).

The manuscript input step includes an author accessing the server, accessing an e-book editor connected to the server (S15), and inputting an article content to be published using the editor (S16).

In the e-book production and proofreading step, the author's editorial staff adds elements necessary for the completion of the e-book, such as page composition and design, to produce the first e-book by completing the manuscript inputted in the editor (S17) and the author. Sending the first completed on the network to the request for proofreading (S18) and the author proofreading the first completed and sent to the publisher (S19).

In the final completed production and shopping mall registration step, the publisher receiving the proof of the first completed copy from the author performs the finishing work of producing the e-book to produce the final completed copy (S20) and registers the final completed copy in the e-book shopping mall. (S21).

Looking at the flow of e-book production as shown in Figure 2, it can be seen that the entire publishing process of the e-book is carried out on the network. This simplifies the e-book production process, shortens the consultation time for the production, and almost all the progress of the publishing process can be stored and used as a material for e-book production.

When using an e-book publishing method using a network according to the present invention can obtain the following effects.

First, the author writes the manuscript using the same editor as the publisher's e-book production solution and sends it to the publisher, thus eliminating the task of converting a manuscript written using a general word processor to the e-book production solution. By simplifying the process it is possible to obtain the effect of lowering the manufacturing cost.

Second, when negotiating publishing terms and publishing agreements between publishers and authors, the existing data in the database can be consulted, and the discussions and other considerations are left online, and these documents are fully reviewed and published. It can be concluded on the network, which can shorten the consultation time and make the responsibility material more clear.

Third, since the whole process of e-book publishing is done on the network, it improves the efficiency of publishing, which is a characteristic of the e-book, and almost all of the details of the e-book are stored, which can be used as an important material for e-book publishing.

As a result, in the case of using the method of publishing an e-book on the network according to the present invention, when the manuscript is produced by connecting the editor of the e-book solution on the network and using the connected editor, the authoring process is simplified. It is possible to lower the unit price, to consult the authors on the network, without having to waste time with the author, and to complete the e-book publishing process as a data to secure information data on e-book publishing. It can be used as a material for book publishing, contributing to the development of e-book publishing.

Claims (2)

Authors and publishers access the server via wired and wireless networks, and the author's database that stores the author's history, ID and password, the subscription database that stores the author's intentions and the summary of the manuscript, and the manuscript database that stores the manuscript contents. In a method of publishing an e-book on a network using a system comprising a publishing contract form and an e-book editor, After the author accesses the server through a wired / wireless network, inputs an ID and password into the author database, authenticates the author, and inputs a writing intention and a summary of the manuscript, the server stores the information in the subscription database. ; A second step in which the publisher connects to the server through a wired or wireless network, receives the writing intention and the manuscript content summary stored in the subscription database, and the author history stored in the author database; A third step of, if the publisher wants to close the contract, prepare and enter a publication contract form, and the server closes the contract by notifying the author; After the author concludes a publishing contract, accessing the server through a wired or wireless network, and if the manuscript is written, modified or corrected using the e-book editor, the server stores the manuscript in the manuscript database. : And a fifth step in which the publisher accesses the server through a wired or wireless network, receives the original stored in the original database, edits the final completed copy, and registers the final copy in a shopping mall. The method of claim 1, The third step, If the publisher wants to close the contract, the server sends out and outputs a publication contract form, and the publisher enters the corresponding information in each item of the publication contract form, and the server sends the publication contract form to the author. The author may modify or electronically sign the desired information in the publication contract form, and the server transmits it to the publisher again, and the publisher revises it again or electronically signs the If both the publisher and the author are electronically signed for the publication contract template, the server determines that the contract has been concluded, stores it in the publication contract template / contract database, and then proceeds to the next step. How to publish e-books on a network.