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BACKSTRIP – The spine of a book
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BINDING – Cloth or paper cover of a book
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BOARDS – Front and back covers of a hardcover book
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COPYRIGHT PAGE – Often includes copyright date, publisher, printer, acknowledgements, disclaimer, previous edition information, library of Congress number, ISBN number, Statement of Edition, printing number line
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DECKELED EDGES – Refers to the rough, irregular edges of a book or pamphlet’s pages as opposed to trimmed or cut edges
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DUST JACKET – The separate paper cover issued with a book
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ENDPAPERS – First and last leaves, sometimes of colored paper, free of any printed material
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FRONTISPIECE – An illustration at the front of a book generally opposite the title page
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HALF-TITLE – An abbreviated from of the title page usually contains just the title and no author name or publisher name
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HINGE – The place where the front and rear covers of a book meet the backstrip or spine
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TITLE PAGE – Includes book title, sub title, author, publisher, date of publication
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WRAPPERS – Paper covers of a book; paperback books can be describes as “in wraps”
COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html
GRAMMAR HELP BY RUTH VILMI
http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/help/grammar_help/
ST. CLOUD
STATE UNIVERSITY AND LEO: LITERACY EDUCATION ONLINE
Reference Sources
- Academe (Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Accentuate Services (proofing, publishing preparation, etc http://www.accentuateservices.com/
- American South (Lots of information about individual southern states)
- Author's Birthday List
- Author Help from Timberwolf Press
- Author & Illustrator Sites
- Author Pseudonyms
- Book Market - Publishing Tips
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online
- Find Government Offices
- Gail Evans Links for Book Lovers & Authors
- Info Please Com (General Information Service)
- Library of Congress (THOMAS) (Legislative Information)
- Postal Service Information
- US Supreme Court Decisions
- Southwestern Writer's Collection
- Texas Government Information
- Texas Legislature
- Texas OnLine
- Texas State Library
- Texas State Law Library
- Texas Supreme Court
- US House of Representatives
- US Senate
- White House (Search press releases, budget info, etc.)
- Writer's Free Reference
- Writer's Web Sites
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Antiquarian Book Terminology and Abbreviations http://www.djmcadam.com/antiquarian.html
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Bookbinding and the Conservation of books http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/don/don.html
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IOBA Book Terminology http://www.ioba.org/terms.html
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Advance Book Exchange Terminology http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/TextToHtml?t=Glossary&h=x&f=glossary.htm
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Some Basic Terminology for The Writing Processes
http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/support/Writing/Jolliffe.html
MANUSCRIPT LENGTH - Reference “Beginning Writer’s Answer Book” by Kirk Polking; ISBN 0898795990; published by Writer’s Digest 1994
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Short-short story – 500-2,000 words
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Short story – 2,500-5,000 words
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Novella – 7,500-40,000 words
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Novelette – 7,000-25,000 words
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Novel (hardcover) – 25,000-150,000 words
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Novel (paperback) – 35,000-80,000 words
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Children’s picture book – 500-2,500 words
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Juvenile book – 15,000-80,000 words
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Nonfiction book – 20,000-200,000 words
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TV script: ½ hour – 25-40 double-spaced typewritten pages
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TV script: 1 hour – 55-70 double-spaced typewritten pages
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Play: one-act – 20-30 minutes playing time; 20-30 double-spaced typewritten pages
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Play: three-act – 1 ½ hours-2 hours playing time; 90-120 double-spaced typewritten pages
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Movie scenario – 1 ½ hours-2 hours playing time; 120-250 double-spaced typewritten pages
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Radio feature copy – 1 minute = 15 double-spaced lines; 3 minutes = 2 pages
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Poem – 2-100 lines (most magazines prefer 4-16 lines)
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Query letter – 1 full-page, single-spaced
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Speech – 250 words = 2 minutes; 12-15 pages = ½ hour
ISBN - Reference from http://publishing.about.com
ISBN (International Standard Book Number).
This system was established in 1968 as a standard identification system
for books and other publications.
It is often the way books are tracked in book databases.
What do the numbers mean?
An ISBN looks like this:
ISBN: 0-7388-0717-6
(this is the one for Carl Miller’s novel “Belize”).
The hyphens separate the different parts.
First part indicates the speaking county.
O or 1 indicates that the book was published in an English speaking
country. You can find the other country numbers on the above web site.
Second part is the identification number for the publisher.
In this case it is Xlibris Corporation
Third part identifies the specific title and edition.
“Belize” is 0717 and his other book “Panama” is 0715
Fourth section is the check digit arrived by following a special algorithm.
The first 9 digits of your number are your true number, multiply the first digit
by 10, the second by 9, the third by 8, and so on until the last digit you
multiply by 2.
Add these up. This total, plus the check digit must equal the least
greatest multiple of 11.
10x0=0; 9x7=63; 8x3=24; 7x8=56; 6x8=48; 5x0=0; 4x7=28; 3x1=3; 2x7=14
0+63+24+56+48+0+28+3+14 = 236
If your sum is 236, the next multiple of 11 after 236 is 242.
Take 242 and subtract 236 and the check digit is 6.
If the check digit is 10, you make it an X.
Try it, it works ! !
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