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hhsads but to place folios at the foot of the page Teeoeally the emire
Fines the anning be, bu in eaorial parlance the term i restricted
to the textual matetial, excluding the Folio
1.5.2 Folio
The folio (st is lonersase Roman numerals is the prstims and in
Arabic metals for the text and end matter of the book) usally
appears at the enter top edges of she spread, or vented at the foot
All pages are counted in the pagination soquense, but the folio is not
shown om some pages, inslnling some it the prslims, turns! pi
(aha is those on hich material is printed in landscape forma, those
laken up entirely hy lustiations figures, or tables and blank pag
Ine olio usually appears inthe Foot margin
Ona chapter opening
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1.5.3 Running heads
Rung heads aro not found in all hooks: for instans, they may’ not
‘appear im modern fetion or in highly designed illustrated books,
Rung hese, ike folios are nto from seme pas of the bok
These inchide: any scetion of the prsms that has to section beading
Ahal-til, tite aml imprist pages, the dedivation and epignaph i part
tiles any page on which a chapter heading occurs tincuding sections
inte font matter a endl matters Blank pages Uhey arvoften omted
con sured pa
os anton tll page illustrations figures, or tables
The content of the running heads depends on the nature of the book.
As. general rule it the Simo running head is not used an senso and
recto, the large sceton generates the ead on the verso andthe valet
that on th
the verso, the chapter title an the reco. ina textbook the ehapter title
might be usd on the verso and a numbered subbeain
{hough running beads that change every few pages should if posse
be avoid forthe sake of economy), Ina multisauthor work authors
ol
smog to rele the ist eacksord on the wrso
in the
Tor example, she book or part ttle may be usa on
names normally appear on the versw atid chapter sles on th
sncyslopesias its
andthe last om the suing heads, whereas dictionariesWE PARTS OF 8 BOOK a
tend to give the first and last headond on each pw
hed
in thar pages
ctionsin the prefinsand end matter generally earty the same running
Ihead on the verso and recto, hall, however. running heads fv ete
er) page inlcating the text pages chapters
to whieh sich page of notes refers: for example Notes to pages 157-9
oF Notes 0 Chapier ¢ aie tha st Notes.
notes should change one
Run beaks should mate se materia
in evry respect
generated automatically by desktop publishing sofware; he
am which they are derived
ondina, capitalization, and so om. This is vsnally
the book, chapter or other tllesased are xery long. they mst be trun
ced for the tanning heads, which shoul nor exceed about Pony cha
acters ineluding spaces) for most hooks. as a very tough fale o
then inthis
tof t
we, supply a ist of shortens beads wih the eopy for
wok
the
L.6 Errata slips
An erat lp Tits ers ina prima hook and thir eonctons
insted foo ma book shoul baba wih the aches mare
owt ad ISBN: aera the slg may he ipod psc
Ina ler pining ovation i the ot el a a bon cnet
tents ay he et part ofthe pti or end matte When tad
tovorpritalin the bok testa may he allege signa
rd Nte threat sie shou beso ol at heh
ory
A list of errata should be as concise as possible, making clear the
there being serious mistakes or ernors of fact inthe
location, the substance of the etror, aad she form of the eustestion,
Talc type is uso te
‘only whereit is past of the eror andor the eostetin,
1 204 line LS forlise wrereadsarth wi
b
For ebook aul other cigital editions, it is muck easier to cornet the
adivorial directions an puntuaion is inlet
certo than so proparean errata sip2 cunrree
1.7 Paper and book sizes
17.1 Paper sizes
The dimensions of @ book dspend on the dimessions of the shoxt (the
{quad sheet) on hich its printed, For syang centuries the dintensions
6 the vomimon sizes of sheet awe Bscn proportientd so th they can
be fold to produce viable page sizes withow wastage (3 smal
allowance is made for trimming the folded sho), For example, quarto
ho oF 48} and octace (v0 oF MH are oblat
folding standard
Sizes tno and throe mes respectively
Messin in ome
2s the eommon sieve papor Ses (untsimmesd
Sine Quadstect do 8
Iieineonomn TSS MN 282 192 19D 126
metic lrgesroen. S16 L086
metnicdemy SSN LN OND
metic wyal 960 122 HN 240
International paper sizes have heen standardized stl) further by the
180 (Interiational Standatds Ox
used for business correspondence, photocopying. ete: B is used fot
posters, wall charts, and similar large items: C is used for envelopes
and folders © Ht Acseies sizes Measured in naillimetres A and B
(rimmed) sizes are
nization: Ais the commonest
Aseries Booties
AG SAE LISY BO Lac TsL
AL Sobxsit BL 107.00
AD oS BD seo
AR BPA MI AGA SHH
AL 202) BY D383
AS OCI) BS 16x
AG Bo 1s 16
A, BP S825
as
Ag
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1.7.2 Book sizes
The following are the standant octavo trimmes and usrinmed 9.
Sizes. and tho dimensions of the quad shoets from which they are
slorved, ia millimetres
Sie Milinetres
Trimm 16 138
wstrinmst 992 126
unl ves Las
ange eons
Trine) 198 129
titrinmad 2081
sad Soe bse
netic domy 80
rimmed 216 18
uinirimmat 222 HL
sat ss L128
Weimmad 284 156
trina 230 198
ud ane 1272
as
trimmed 20 18
viirinml S138
ua saa 1.23
Dimensions ane always given with height before wide for landscape
eth pats of mansbers
Masscmarkot paperbacks ate often prediead in what are known as A
Formataind B Formatsizes The fst of these is 178% 111 ma, Blown
is 196 «129mm
1.8 Even workings
Teg ofthe pub are prin on he gud shst nano
dascrninad by th pattem Ting to Be applied tot durin the
Kinny process the arangament oe impotent thy psn th
sss of the shost i complexWE PARTS OF 8 BOOK a5
Fac shoot forms section orsignaturea the fished book depending
2» sixty, or even more pages.
‘om the size 0” the sheet and the Format of the hook, thes
consist of four eight, itoen, thir
Tn the interests 9" every i is desirable so ensue tat the entire ext
co the book fits mca imto.an exact mtiple of Lhe nuraber of pss it
cach signature so that there are no blank pages al the end the final
section, Ata fate stage in she pvouetion of a print book it may be
nocessity 0 restrict the cxteot of the text im ower to Hitt evaetly, ras
neatly as poss, into signatures tha is to setiove an “even working
ithent disrupting Uhe pasination of the main text
The usual revourse isto reduce the number of pages in the prelims
This must be der
(shich are not part ofthe main sequence of pags, ates by stein
ly
be pio! os rovtes: another option is to Finis the extent of the ond
ratios, normally by Ssortening the inex or setting in smaller type
the luxury of black vrsos.and using the for sections that would iCHAPTER 2
Preparing copy
2.1 Definitions
2.11.1 Introduction
Historically: aneritven eopy hs tex) as calls manuscript an! the
term lingers on event today, although text printed ot should mare
alls typescript or sevpt
Production workston
The txhnical sages of the traditional production process, which trans
Jom the material fom typescript to pristed work, ars Yry generally
speaking (and not aay i sis ord
+= prootieading
+ correction tthe lsc two stages may be repeated on sucuessive sets of
revised prais)
+ proof checking
* indening
+ final correction
«+ prinsing and biting
Somme of these saps may’ hy omitted, depending on the readership oF on
bigot and time vonsraims, See the following sections for brie
doscription of development ating and copy-aditing design
proofs 12.1.5), and typesetting
2.13) eating and chepacranine cory u
(2.1.4). These spovalist operations are rhequently outsouread. [nding
isdletail in Chapner 19
Modem: production methods rar
proceed in such a linear fasion
anal are focused on ereaing content that can be repusposed For many
slesees publishing Outpt, not just prin
The eoatont is tora ina neutal fornia whieh meas that ts typically
scxled with XMIL tags: NMI alos tho creation of customized markup
languages [allows conten toh
srt, stored, and transmitted it
«form that isinddopendont of software or harnare, Crusis the NMI
‘gs deserby eonteat rather than prseataion.c ga tag suchas
sab rndored as bold ext in prot or as red text on wabsite. The NMI
‘can subsequently be transformed to generate outputs as diverse as
HTM tor veby publication, EPUB lis tor chooks, iaceractise white
board material fo elassrocms onlin learning envionment an atchive
files as Wel as traitional print. NMI fles can also be pa
with, or aecessad by custom softwane in the form of an ap.
caged along
The preparation of files in a digital workflow: usually starts with pre
casing (hasie file cleanup and tagging} and the processes involved in
calsotial quality contol (iting, chacking. sesting} are Mexible and can
smke place in parallel as wll as serially. Us means that, i web pub
lishing espocialls, traditional ounaries bet
stage ae prootteaing as a final stage have boon erated as these
hw nserga and a eb eeitor may be roquifed to do several additional
tasks (soe 21.2), Nevertheless editing and proofreading remain die