I’m
currently going through the galley proof for The Return, A Steve Dancy Tale. In my supposedly
perfect manuscript, I've already found over twenty revisions, errors, and
typos. After these changes are incorporated into the text, the final step will be proofreading. Getting close.
The publishing process made me think that a book appears deceptively simple. Mental_floss
recently published “10 Terms to Describe the Anatomy of a Book.” All of these
words describe myriad parts of a book. Not such simple creatures after all.
Leaves
Endpapers
Edges
Wire lines
and chain lines
Signatures
Manuscript
Head-piece
Half-title
Foxing
Diaper
Physical
books are being shoved to the side by eBooks, so these terms will become
increasingly important as books are collected for their aesthetic value. If you
interested in the meaning of these terms, you can follow this link to mental_floss.
