图书约稿合同随着出版改革、商品经济和同行竞争的发展,又逐渐引起人们的重视。数家出版社为了争夺一部优质书稿,各自奔走,活动,书稿的作者与其中某一家出版社谈妥条件,双方为了稳妥起见,都迫切需要达成一种具有法律效力的协议,通过签订图书约稿合同,确定双方的权利和义务,从而结束对这部书稿的争夺。图书约稿合同目前一般是指选题确定以后,由责任编辑(合同中称约稿者,实际上是代表出版社)与作者就如何完成书稿所达成的一种协议,包含的主要内容有:书稿字数、交稿日期、初定的稿费标准、约稿者对书稿的基本要求,约稿者审稿的时间、退稿的处理等。湖南教育出版社在逐本试点的基础上,1988年全面实行图书约稿合同。经过一年的实践,它对编辑工作也起了良好的作用。 Book contract with the publishing contract reform, commodity economy and peer development, and gradually attracted people’s attention. In order to compete for a good manuscript, several publishers have negotiated the terms with one of the publishers for their actions, activities and manuscripts. Both parties urgently need to reach a legally binding agreement by signing a book Draft the contract, determine the rights and obligations of both parties, thus ending the fight for this manuscript. At present, the contract of a book is generally an agreement reached by the editor in charge (hereinafter referred to as the contractual drafters and actually the representative publishing house) on how to complete the manuscript after the selection of the topic is completed. The main contents are as follows: The number of manuscripts, the date of submission, the initial standard of royalties, the basic requirements of manuscripts on manuscripts, the time of manuscript reviewers, the processing of rejected manuscripts and so on. On the basis of this pilot project, Hunan Education Press fully implemented the book contract in 1988. After a year of practice, it also played a good role in editing.