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Definitions of Book Terms

Trim size: the final size of a book is called the trim size. This is the final

size of the printed page after excess edges have been cut off or trimmed.

Spine: the book spine is very important because if the book is stacked on

shelves, as in a book store the only visible surface will be the spine. Thespine can contain the book's title, authors name, genre, publisher's

information.

Hardcover Binding: a hard cover book has a rigid cover and is stitched in

the spine.

Trade paperback (TPB) is often regarded as the soft cover edition of a

previous hardcover edition. The typical trade paperback is price less than thehardcover book but higher than the mass-market paperback. The book, if

published by the same publisher, - is normally the same size as thehardcover edition. The only difference is the soft binding. The quality of

paper used in trade paperback is usually higher than the mass- marketpaperback

Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a book with a softcover usually made of paper and held together with glue rather than stitches

or staples. Paperback is a low cost format of book binding. Most hardcovereditions will eventually be marketed in paperback format and in modern day

publishing many genre fictions are first editions in paperback. . If the book isa best seller the publisher may delay a paperback edition for a longer periodto maximize profits.

Perfect binding is a method of thermally glueing your book content to a

soft cover. The book is sectioned and rough-cuts made in the spine area.

This method allows easier absorption of the hot glue and allows the book tobe opened easily

ISBN is the International Standard Book Number. The ISBN consists of

a series of numbers placed on the back of the book and the copyright page.Bookstores will not order a book without an ISBN and the ISBN is necessaryto market your book to libraries. The ISBN can be obtained from the R.R.

Bowker website.

LCCN / PCN The Library of Congress Catalog Number and the PCN are

Preassigned Control Numbers. These numbers are necessary if your book isto be ordered by libraries.

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EAN/Bookland bar code: This is the bar code specially designed for books.It gives the book's retail price and goes in the lower right corner of the back

cover.

Copyright protects your work from others, establishing it as your original

work. Copyrights exist automatically as a matter of law in any original workof authorship, and are enforceable if notice of copyright is given in the form

of "Copyright year by name." It is not absolutely necessary to register andregistration will not establish or validate a copyright. It is however required

as a prerequisite before filing a lawsuit for copyright infringement.

Fonts are all letters, numbers, special characters and spaces used in writing

any text. There are two basic font types: serifand sans serif. Serifhaslittle extra lines constituting the character; sans-serif(like these) does not.

Serifis generally preferred as an interior text font style. There are

thousands of fonts and not all are appropriate for fiction works.

Dust jacket or dust cover is the detachable outer cover that folds over thefront and back of a book to protect the book cover from damage. It is

usually has cover graphics and includes biographical information about the

author and offers a summary or blurb of the book generally written by thepublisher. Like the main book cover the dust jacket can also include

promotional information and reviews.