Book Publishing can be braodly classified as below:

1. Academic Publishing

2.Trade Publishing

1. Academic Publishing: The book which primarily satisfies the needs of academia are published under the Academic publishing. This segment is a huge segement begining from :

• School publishing to further evolve into
• University level test and reference books.
• This category can also be divided into
• School,
• Higher Education,
• and Professional Publishing.

Each segment stated above may have books in Core text, and Core Reference, and Exam Preparation books.

2. Trade Publishing : The books which are not used in academia as a core text or reference and are prefered as general reading and self help books are generally classified as Trade publishing. This segment can be broadly classified in to thee major categories:

• Fiction Books
• Non Fiction books
• Self Help Books