着力定位需求,实现图书价值
2020-10-21吕潇
摘 要:科技图书出版产业已经开始了向多载体、多形式的复合发展方向的探索和实践。对于科技图书对核心竞争力的理解,不仅是身为供给侧的编辑需要思考,更重要的是让这些结论映射到需求侧,即读者对于科技类图书的功能认同感当中。本文从编辑的视角出发,提出并分析了科技图店面书出版和市场领域存在的现状,从供给侧为出发点对如何最大化体现科技图书的核心竞争力进行了讨论,并通过对于供给侧改革理念对一本专业科技书的策划出版过程进行实践尝试,提出了对于科技店面书出版中“小众不小”的观点。
关键词:科技图书出版;店面书;供给侧改革;选题策划;图书核心价值
An Editors Perspective and Practice of Supply side Reform for the Science and Technology Book Publishing
Lyu Xiao
China Machine Press,No.22,Baiwanzhuang St,Beijing
Abstract:The science and technology book publishing industry has begun to explore and practice in a multi-carrier,multi-form compound development direction.To understand the core competitiveness of science and technology books,not only the editors on the supply side need to think,but more importantly,to map these conclusions to the demand side,that is,the reader's sense of functional identification with science and technology books.From the perspective of editors,this paper analyzes the status quo of the The science and technology books market,discusses how to maximize the core competitiveness of science and technology books from the supply side,and uses the concept of supply-side reform A practical attempt was made on the planning and publishing process of a professional science and technology book.
Key Words:science and technology book publishing;storefront books;book planning;competitiveness of book
科技图书虽然鲜以主角的姿态出现在图书市场中,但是科技图书的地位又是如此重要:它们是广大专业读者了解前沿技术发展现状和学习新技术的重要渠道,是读者开拓专业视野、获得理论和技术水平提升的重要途径。据国家新闻出版署的统计,2019年全国报送的科技类选题约占全部选题数量的19.9%,这个比例与2018年的20.7%[1]基本持平。而根据开卷数据显示,自2017起,图书市场中排名前1%的图书为整个图书市场贡献的码洋占比开始超过50%[2],这种“头部更大,长尾更长”的特点,反映的是绝大多数图书产品都处在强度不断攀升的市场竞争当中这一现实。其中,科技图书因为其自身特点,还面临着独特的挑战。在从事科技图书出版工作的十多年时间里,伴随着移动互联网技术的发展,笔者除了亲身感受到科技图书市场竞争态势的日益加剧,更深切体会到的还有科技图书在读者心中地位乃至需求结构上的变化。……
