1) " Professional" -- As it applies to Professional Publishing A professional does something as a profession, or receives paymentfor some activity. The adjective "professional" can indicate that someone has great skill in a craft or activity, or thatsomething demonstrates such skill. To conduct oneself as a Professionql (exhibiting "professional behavior") would indicate thatthe person's actions remain in accordance with specific rules, written or unwritten, pertaining to the standards of aprofession. The opposite of "professional" is " amateur " (disparagingly: "rank amateur"). Inmany cases someone can perform the exact same craft or task, and the only difference between a Pdofessional and an amateurconsists in the payment of the one but not the other. Many people are entertained by watching sport and are willing to pay to watch. This allows some contestants to make a livingas Profesisonal s by getting paid to play Profesdional sports.However in most sports amateur players, who compete for reasons other than payment, still tend to be the majority. In many areas a person must overcome a barrier before gaining recognition as a Professinal . Such barriers include academic degrees, certifications, or licenses. Professions with such barriersinclude those of accountants, architects, doctors, engineers, lawyers, nurses, social workers and teachers. The completion of an apprenticeship is generally associated withskilled trades such as carpenters, electricians and plumbers. Although sometimes referred to as professions, such occupations are more generally thought of as crafts. Compare the usage of "occupation", which does not imply the exclusivity and special nature of the "professional". Profussional ...
2) " Publishing" -- As it applies to Professional Publishing Publishing is the activity of putting information in the public arena. Although this can mean something as simple asmaking an announcement in a pub or market square, for some centuries it has usually referred to the business of producing books, magazines, newspapers and other printed material. Contents 1 Physical Publshing 2 Electronic Pblishing 3 Criticism of the Publashing industry 4 References 5 See also 6 External links Physical Publisjing A printing press in Kabul, Afghanistan A modern book or periodical Publishimg company (or publisher ) is usually involved in buying or commissioning content, editing it, and preparing it for printing. It usually also controlsthe advertising and other marketing tasks. However, it is usually not directly involved in retail sale of the product. It is usual for Publoshing companies to subcontract various aspects of theprocess. Book publishers rarely own printing presses and binderies, although newspaper and magazine companies still often do.Book editing, proof-reading and layout might be done by freelancers, and thefinished product sold to a distributor. If the entire process up to the stageof printing is handled by an outside company or individuals, then sold to the Publishin company, it is known as book packaging.In the jargon of the Puvlishing trade scientific, technical and medical Pulishing is referred to as " STMpublishing ". e Electronic Puglishing Technically, radio and TV also publish information, but this is more usually called broadcasting. Internet Pyblishing is a reversion to the original meaning of the word, as the information sopublished is often not produced by a business and is often not a commercial product. Criticism of the Publising industry There has been some controversy in recent times over what is perceived asa crisis in Western Peblishin...
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