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Self-Publishing Basics: The Title Page

February 1, 2010 11 comments

In an earlier post about the parts of a book, I briefly discussed the title page: Title page—Announces the title, subtitle, author and publisher of the book. Other information that may be found on the title page can include the publisher’s location, the year of publication, or descriptive text about the book. Illustrations are also [...]

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This Week in the Blogs: January 4 – January 10, 2010

January 10, 2010 0 comments

This week, while we waited to see what new ereader would turn up at the Consumer Electronics Show, the blogs that stayed with me had a lot of typography to kick off the new year, some editorial help, an interview with a self-published novelist, and getting answers from the Chicago Manual of Style. Enjoy! Jeff [...]

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Self-Publishing Basics: An Unabridged List of the Parts of a Book

September 29, 2009 21 comments

The history of book printing goes back to the first bibles pulled sheet by sheet off Johannes Gutenburg’s presses in Mainz, German in the late fifteenth century. The first books were attempts to replicate the handwritten books of the time, which varied widely. Over the centuries publishers have gradually established conventions about the way books [...]

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