Glossary

Publishing uses the same everyday words to mean several different things. This page says what each one means inside Pubblish, so that when a screen says “Title” you know exactly what it is referring to.

The core three

Title — the work itself. The Call of the Sword is one Title, whether it exists as a paperback, an ebook, an audiobook, or nothing yet. Almost everything in Pubblish hangs off a Title: its contributors, its subjects, its description, its manuscripts.

We deliberately say Title, not “book”. “Book” is too vague here — it could mean the work, a physical copy, or one particular format on sale. Title means the work, always.

Edition — one sellable version of a Title. The paperback is an Edition. The ebook is a different Edition. Each has its own ISBN, its own price, its own publication date, and its own physical details like page size and page count.

One Title, many Editions. That is the relationship almost every screen assumes.

Manuscript — the Word file the writing lives in. A Manuscript belongs to a Title, not to an Edition, because the same words become the paperback and the ebook. Corrections arrive as a new Manuscript upload.

Around the edges

Contributor — anyone credited on a Title: author, illustrator, translator, editor, foreword writer. A Contributor links a Person to a Title in a particular role.

Person — a human being in your records, held once. The same Person can be a Contributor on several Titles, and can also be a beta reader or a contact.

Imprint — a publishing brand. A publisher may run several Imprints, each with its own name and look, and every Edition can say which one it was published under.

Series — a named sequence of Titles, with each Title holding its position in it.

Conversion — one job that turns a Manuscript into finished files. A single Conversion can produce more than one file: an EPUB and a print PDF from the same source.

Workspace — your organisation’s own separate area of Pubblish, with its own data, its own team, and its own web address. Nothing is shared between Workspaces.

Channel — somewhere your books are sold or distributed: a retailer, a distributor, a library supplier.

When you will see “book”

Reader-facing places — your public website, your newsletters — talk about books, because that is what readers call them. That is deliberate. Inside Pubblish, where precision matters, it is always Title, Edition and Manuscript.

Things that sound alike

Title (the work) vs the title field. A Title has a title — its name. When a screen asks for “Title” as a field, it wants the name. When it asks you to choose a Title, it wants the work.

Edition vs edition number. An Edition is the sellable version. Its edition number says whether it is the first edition, second edition, and so on. A second printing is not a new Edition unless something about it changed.

Working copy vs release files. When you convert, you say which you are making. A working copy is for reading and reviewing — no ISBN needed. Release files are the finished EPUB or PDF for one specific Edition, carrying its ISBN.