A manuscript is a document containing the text of a book or other work, which has been handwritten or typewritten rather than printed. The term is most often used in the publishing industry, to refer to the submission of a text for publication. The word “manuscript” comes from the Latin manu scriptus, meaning “written by hand”.
A manuscript may be submitted to a publisher in the form of a hard copy, or it may be sent electronically. If the manuscript is accepted for publication, it will usually undergo a process of editing and revision before being typeset and printed.
The word manuscript comes from the Latin manu scriptus, meaning “written by hand”. The term has been in use since the Middle Ages, and originally referred to any text which was written by hand rather than being printed.
Nowadays, the term is most often used in the publishing industry to refer to the text of a book or other work which has been submitted for publication. A manuscript may be submitted to a publisher in the form of a hard copy, or it may be sent electronically.
If the manuscript is accepted for publication, it will usually undergo a process of editing and revision before being typeset and printed. The publisher may also request that the author makes changes to the text, in order to improve its clarity or style.
The manuscript is the most important part of the book publishing process. It is the author’s work that is submitted to the publisher for consideration. The publisher will then decide if the manuscript is something that they would like to publish. If the answer is yes, then the manuscript will go through the editing and production process. If the answer is no, then the manuscript will be rejected and the author will have to start the process over again with another publisher.