The Invisible Art: The Pursuit of Book MakingC. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2002 - 166 pàgines "Drawing on his long 'hands-on' experience, Christopher Hurst takes the reader, in the first part, on an analytical journey through a typical scholarly book from start to finish, missing out nothing (including illustrations, maps and tables). A central section is devoted to the use and abuse of the English language. The second part is specifically about the publisher's editorial role, both in relation to authors and in seeing the book through from unedited script to finished volume, including externals like the cover, binding and paper. Finding the right title and cover design, and striking the right balance in the periodical catalogue, are discussed under the heading 'Sending Signals'. Occasional disasters, and measures necessary to avoid them, are not overlooked. The overlap of editorial and legal functions is dealt with in the final section." "This vademecum to the publisher's craft should appeal beyond the author's fellow-professionals to book people generally."--BOOK JACKET. |
Continguts
The titlepage | 6 |
The titleverso or copyright page | 12 |
The Foreword | 24 |
The Book Proper | 33 |
Making footnotes fit widows | 46 |
Division into sections | 53 |
simple rules | 59 |
The Main Text | 70 |
German borrowings | 101 |
the editorial process | 108 |
Disasters potential and actual | 120 |
Sending Signals II | 129 |
The Externals | 136 |
Legal and General | 148 |
Option on future works | 154 |
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Frases i termes més freqüents
accent adverb aesthetic American appear asked author's name avoid barcode Bibliography binding blurb capitals caption catalogue cedilla centre colour column comma Common Era consisting Contents contract copy-edit copy-editor correct course demy diaeresis distinction Eastend edition editor EM Forster English error example footnotes Franz Ferdinand Frederic Warburg full-point Habsburg half-title halftones illustrations Index Indian insert italic J.R.D. Tata jacket language less libel look main text matter meaning millimetre Nigeria NODE Notes noun occurs P.D. James page-numbers paperback phrase picture possible Prelims printed printer produce publication publisher's quotation reader recto reference roman roman type rule running heads scholarly publisher second proofs sense sentence short sometimes space spelling spelt spine standard Stanley Unwin style sub-chapter subtitle text paper title-page typesetter typographical usage verso vertical words writing