abbreviations Flashcards
A&P
Advertising and promotion, part of the work of the sales and marketing department.
A/W
artwork
AAC
Advanced Audio Compression. Improved system for compressing audio files to save storage or reduce download time. Used for files in the iTunes store. Sacrifices a little less quality than MP3 compression.
AAs
(Author’s Alterations) Also known as ACs, Author’s Corrections. Changes in copy or artwork after it has been typeset. Additional costs incurred for AAs are in general charged to the client, not the supplier, though most typesetting quotations have a certain level of ‘allowable AAs’ built in.
ABA
American Booksellers Association; UK equivalent is the BA.
AI
The native file format of Adobe Illustrator. Preserves all features of Illustrator files, and usually saves faster and is smaller than an equivalent EPS file, but cannot be imported into Quark layouts.
AIFF
Common type of audio file. Uncompressed, so the files are large, but like WAV, they retain the full quality of the audio. cf mp3 and AAC.
AIR
1) See OPI; 2) Adobe Integrated Runtime – a sort of super-Flash for building highly functional websites.
AIS, AI
Advance Information Sheet. Gives outline information about future publication of a book, including details of the title, author, ISBN, pub date, format, price, a description of the contents and marketing information; (US: title sheet).
ALA
American Library Association. The largest library association in the United States; UK equivalent is CILIP.
ALCS
Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society. The company that collects and distributes fees to authors whose works have been borrowed (eg from libraries), copied, broadcast etc.
AM
screening
AP
Accounts Payable.
AAA
Association of Authors’ Agents, a body representing the interests of UK literary agents
