Publishing Industry Taxonomy

The terms below represent the top level of the Treadwell Media Group publishing industry taxonomy. For an alphabetized list, use the navigation bar on the left.

This taxonomy will continue to be enhanced over time and will be the anchor of many new features on the Treadwell Media Group site.

• Alternative Publishing Configurations : Alternative ways of organizing the key functions of a publishing enterprise.
• Book design : The typography and layout of a book that merges the content of the book with the physical structure of the book.
• Book [Content Structure] : The logical structure of a book including frontmatter, chapters, etc. This is opposed to the physical structure of a book which would include such elements as the jacket, binding, text block and signatures.
• Book [Format] : The physical form in which a book is published.
• Business Models : The manner in which a company receives money for products or services.
• Content Type : Forms of content that are perceived in different ways, textually, visually, aurally or in some meaningful spatial or temporal combination.
• Contract : A document in which the terms and conditions of an agreement between two parties is laid out.
• Copyright :
• eBook [Format] :
• Educational Content : Material delivered to support educational objectives.
• Financial Statement :
• Industry Standards :
• Issues :
• Library of Congress :
• Lifecycle :
• Literary genre :
• Media Sector :
• Media [Audio] :
• Media [Textual] : Media presented in a primarily textual manner for the main purpose of reading.
• Media [Visual] :
• Mobile technology :
• Newspaper [Format] :
• Paper grade :
• Physical book component :
• Platform :
• Publisher :
• Publishing Functions : The major activities of a publishing concern.
• Publishing transactions :
• Review media :
• Rights :
• Sales Channel : From a publisher's perspective, the route through which content moves to the ultimate consumer. The channel is generally named for the location in which the first sale is made.
• Service providers :
• Support organizations : Organizations that aren't part of the industry value chain, but that provide support of various types to members of the value chain.
• Technology : Tools and systems used to manipulate information used in publishing content.
• Television [Genre] :
• Terms of Sale :
• Value Chain :